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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.
Secondly, As he saith, The several Gates are each of them Pearls: So he saith, that every several Gate was of One Pearl; of one entire Pear. By which he would have us understand also, that as1 none can enter in but by Christ, so none can enter in but by whole Christ. Christ must be helpful to thee every way, or he will be helpful to thee no way; thou must enter in by every whit of Christ, or thou shalt enter in by never a whit of him. Wherefore look not to have him thy Saviour, if thou take him not for King and Prophet; nay thou shalt not have him in any one, if thou dost not take him in ⟨p. 183⟩every one of these. Wherefore the Prophet saith, He shall build the Temple of the Lord (that is, by his Prophetical Office) and he shall sit and rule upon his Throne, and he shall be a Priest upon his Throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between them both, Zech. 6. 12, 13.
- 1As none can enter in but by Christ, so none can enter-in but by WHOLE CHRIST.
And the Street of the City was pure Gold, as it were transparent Glass.
In these words there are four things to be enquired into.