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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.
Of Jasper only; For as by building is showed unto us the manner of the work, so by Jasper is showed unto us the matter it self, the matter therefore must be (Jasper) Christ only, his Word, Offices, and glorious Brightness only; for indeed, ⟨p. 151⟩whatever the special Grace, Protection, and Providence of God will at this day be over this City, yet it shall be every whit of it according to Christ; that is, both of him, for him, and by him, as the Fruits and Effects of his Suffering, Bloodshed, and Merits: Therefore, saith1 God, I will divide him a Portion with the Great, and he shall divide the Spoil with the Strong, because he hath poured out his Soul unto death, and was numbered among the Transgressors. O Holiness! How will it shine both in Kings and Nations, when God doth this!
Of Jasper only; For as by building is shewed unto us the manner of the work, so by Jasper is shewed unto us the matter it self, the matter therefore must be (Jasper) Christ only, his Word, Offices, and glorious Brightness only; for indeed, ⟨p. 151⟩whatever the special Grace, Protection, and Providence of God will at this day be over this City, yet it shall be every whit of it according to Christ; that is, both of him, for him, and by him, as the Fruits and Effects of his Suffering, Bloodshed, and Merits: Therefore, saith1 God, I will divide him a Portion with the Great, and he shall divide the Spoyl with the Strong, because he hath poured out his Soul unto death, and was numbred among the Transgressors. O Holiness! How will it shine both in Kings and Nations, when God doth this!