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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.
Again, As the Ways of God are thus rich, and so far above the Gold and Rubies of the world; so also is that sanctified and gracious heart, without which ⟨p. 189⟩no man can walk in this Golden Street. It is not every Clown with his clumping dirty shoes that is admitted into Kings Privy-Chambers, and private Palaces: Neither doth, or will God at the day of New Jerusalem suffer any to trace about this Golden Street, but such as have Golden feet, and that beautified with goodly shoes. For, as for this Street, all that1 walk in it, they must be [golden men]2 with [golden hearts] and with Graces that are much more precious than Gold that 3perisheth.
Further; In that he saith, this Street is Gold, pure Gold; he giveth us to understand also, what great delight and pleasure the Lord's People will take in his Ways and Ordinances in that day: There will not then be that backwardness to do good, and to receive God, as there is in these more dry & empty days of the Gospel. As Gold is pleasing to the covetous man and worldling, so shall the Ways of God be to the Saints and Godly at that day. Now we have strong Corruptions and weak Grace, but then we shall have strong Grace and weak, withered Corruptions. You that are spiritual, you know what an high and goodly