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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.
2dly. I take it to be the conversion of the Precious Ones of God; because, that, thus to understand it, is most like the phrase of the Apostle Paul himself, saying,1 What is our Hope, or Joy, or Crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? Ye are our Glory and Joy. Mark; in the text he saith, The Foundations were garnished with all manner of precious Stones, and here those precious Stones, Paul accounts to be those that are converted by the Word: for, what is our hope, or joy, or crown? are not even ye that have been converted by us? Ye are our Joy, ye are our Crown, ye are our Glory; It is with you that we shall be crowned, adorned, and garnished in the presence of our Lord Jesus. Mark, John saith, They are ⟨p. 166⟩garnished, Paul saith, they are crowned. John saith, they are garnished wth precious stones and Paul saith, they are crowned with the conversion of sinners. Thus therefore as God will lay these Stones with fair colours,2 so also he will lay these Foundations with Sapphires: that is, as he will beautify the Doctrine of the Twelve with its former Glory, Sweetness and Authority: so he will crown and garnish it with the conversion of many sinners. The Elect are the Jewels of God, and this is the day of3 his binding them up, even then when the Antichrist falls, and the Gospel breaks out in its primitive glory.
2dly. I take it to be the conversion of the Precious Ones of God; because, that, thus to understand it, is most like the phrase of the Apostle Paul himself, saying,1 What is our Hope, or Joy, or Crown of rejoycing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? Ye are our Glory and Joy. Mark; in the text he saith, The Foundations were garnished with all manner of precious Stones, and here those precious Stones, Paul accounts to be those that are converted by the Word: for, what is our hope, or joy, or crown? are not even ye that have been converted by us? Ye are our Joy, ye are our Crown, ye are our Glory; It is with you that we shall be crowned, adorned, and garnished in the presence of our Lord Jesus. Mark, John saith, They are