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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.
Vers. 16. And the City lieth four square, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the City with the Reed, twelve thousand furlongs: the length, and the breadth, and height of it are equal.
And the City lieth four square] These words do open unto you the matter yet more, to wit, That now both the City, Gates and Wall, were exactly in their Visibility according to the Word, lying even every way with that Golden Reed: for by four square, you are to understand Perfection, or an answering the figures that of old did figure to us the completeness and perfection of the New-Testament-Order.
And the City lieth four square] These words do open unto you the matter yet more, to wit, That now both the City, Gates and VVall, were exactly in their Visibility according to the VVord, lying even every way with that Golden Reed: for by four square, you are to understand Perfection, or an answering the figures that of old did figure to us the compleatness and perfection of the New-Testament-Order.
For if you search the Scriptures, you will find that especially the great and principal Instruments of Gods Worship ⟨p. 115⟩in and under the Law, their Perfection was what here you read to be the Perfection of this City, even a four square. As for instance: The Brest-plate of Judgment, on which were engraved the Names of the Children of Israel, its exact point of Perfection was, to be a right four square. The ten Bases also, that were to be for Bearers to the Lavers in the Temple, they were to be four square: The Altar of Burnt-Offerings likewise, with the Altar of Incense, their perfect Pattern was, that they should be four square: The inward Court and outward Court, with the Posts of the Temple, and Tables on which they were to slay the Sacrifices, they were all four square. Yea, the City in the Type, in the Vision of Ezekiel, was seen to be of the same frame and fashion every way, having just twelve Gates, and of each of the four sides three Gates.