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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.
He measured the City with the Reed 1That is, He measured out to the City, he measured for the City, for its Lot and Portion, twelve thousand Furlongs: Which very thing you find in the Vision of the Prophet Ezekiel: for after he had measured the City, the Vessels, with the Instruments of Worship; I say, when he had done this, he comes again with an afterwards, to measure the City her Portions and Mansions, Ezek. 47. 1, &c.
- 1A portion measured out for the City.
Wherefore, I say, these words do refer to her Portion that she is to enjoy of her God, as the former referreth to her Duty and Obedience.
Now that which maketh me conclude that this latter measure is a measure distinct from the former, and that it relateth neither to the exactness of Rule, nor the completeness of Obedience, but only to the largeness of the Portions that God will allot for thy Sons and Daughters, thou City of God, it is,
Now that which maketh me conclude that this latter measure is a measure distinct from the former, and that it relateth neither to the exactness of Rule, nor the compleatness of Obedience, but only to the largeness of the Portions that God will allot for thy Sons and Daughters, thou City of God, it is,