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The holy city, or, The new-Jerusalem wherein its goodly light walls, gates, angels, and…The holy citie, or, The new-Jerusalem wherein its goodly light walls, gates, angels, and…
The holy city, or, The new-Jerusalem wherein its goodly light walls, gates, angels, and the manner of their standing, are expounded : also, her length and breadth, together with the golden measuring-reed, explained, and the glory of all unfolded : as also, the numerousness of its inhabitants, and what the tree and water of life are, by which they are sustained / by John Bunyan ...The holy citie, or, The new-Jerusalem wherein its goodly light walls, gates, angels, and the manner of their standing, are expounded : also, her length and breadth, together with the golden measuring-reed, explained, and the glory of all unfolded : as also, the numerousness of its inhabitants, and what the tree and water of life are, by which they are sustained / by John Bunyan ...
London: printed for Francis Smith, 1669
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
First, It hath twelve Foundations: This argueth invincible strength and support. That Wall that hath but one Foundation, how strongly doth it stand, if it be but ⟨p. 87⟩safely laid upon a Rock! even so strongly,1 that neither Wind nor Weather in their greatest vehemency, are able to shake or stir it, to make it fall: but I say, how much more when a City hath Foundations, twelve Foundations, and those also laid by God himself; as it is said concerning the Worthies of old, They looked for a City that had Foundations, whose Builder and Maker is God, Heb. 11. 13, 14.
First, It hath twelve Foundations: This argueth invincible strength and support. That Wall that hath but one Foundation, how strongly doth it stand, if it be but ⟨p. 87⟩safely laid upon a Rock! even so strong•y,1 that neither Wind nor Weather in their greatest vehemency, are able to shake or stir it, to make it fall: but I say, how much more when a City hath Foundations, twelve Foundations, and those also laid by God himself; as it is said concerning the Worthies of old, They looked for a City that had Foundations, whose Builder and Maker is God, Heb. 11. 13, 14.
And the Wall of the City had twelve Foundations, and in them the Names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.