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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.
And in them the Names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
Thus you see that the twelve Apostles,1 above all the Servants of Christ, are here owned to be the foundations of this Wall; and good reason, for they above all other are most clear and full in the Doctrine of Grace, and all Doctrines pertaining to Life and Holiness: In other Ages, saith Paul, it was not made known to the Sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy Apostles and Prophets by the Spirit, Ephes. 3. 5. Moses was not fit for this, for his was a more dark and veiled Administration; While Moses is read, the Veil is over the 2Heart, saith Paul: Neither was any of the Prophets fit for this, for they were all inferior to Moses, and were as it3 were his Scholars: Nay, John the Baptist is here shut out; for the least in the Kingdom 4of Heaven is greater then he.
Thus you see that the twelve Apostles,1 above all the Servants of Christ, are here owned to be the foundations of this Wall; and good reason, for they above all other are most clear and full in the Doctrine of Grace, and all Doctrines pertaining to Life and Holiness: In other Ages, saith Paul, it was not made known to the Sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy Apostles and Prophets by the Spirit, Ephes. 3. 5. Moses was not fit for this, for his was a more dark and vailed Administration; While Moses is read, the Vail is over the 2