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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.
(for the Word of the Kingdom of Peace shall bear sway) And thou, O Tower of the Flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first Dominion; the Kingdom shall come to the Daughter of Jerusalem, Mich. 4. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. This is City work, and as to the Glory, Peace, and ⟨p. 150⟩Deliverance of the Church, it is the chiefest of all other, because it is not only most excellent for concourse and multitude, but, I say, for preservation and safety; and that not only to keep the Worshippers, if they keep their order, but to keep the Order and Worshippers both in order and continual safety, that they may be for ever in the purest order. But now, though at the completing of1 this Wall, and the building its Towers, when they are finished, there will be great peace; yet all the time that these things are doing, before they be done, let the work-men look for opposition, taunts, underminers, and a thousand tricks for the hindrance of it; For the Street of the City shall be built, and the 2Wall, even in troublous times.
(for the Word of the Kingdom of Peace shall bear sway) And thou, O Tower of the Flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first Dominion; the Kingdom shall come to the Daughter of Jerusalem, Mich. 4. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. This is Citywork, and as to the Glory, Peace, and ⟨p. 150⟩Deliverance of the Church, it is the chiefest of all other, because it is not only most excellent for concourse and multitude, but, I say, for preservation and safety; and that not only to keep the Worshippers, if they keep their order, but to keep the Order and Worshippers both in order and continual safety, that they may be for ever in the purest order. But now, though at the compleating of1 this Wall, and the building its Towers, when they are finished, there will be great peace; yet all the time that these things are doing, before they be done, let the work-men look for opposition, taunts, underminers, and a thousand tricks for the hindrance of it; For the Street of the City shall be built, and the