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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.
That they do point at the end of her •ay in this world, I do gather from these particulars:
First, Because they are the last words •f the description of her Glory, (that is, lose and the words ensuing, which is •t one and the same continued speech) •d it is easy to conclude that John in •is description of this City, doth from •st to last, even from the first appearing ⟨p. 196⟩of her as she cometh out of Babylon, till she be perfect in Glory, give us the relation of it: first, I say, showing us her descending, then her building, and afterward the Glory of that building; at the end of which also he showeth to us with what Glory he will crown this Glory, even by swallowing of her up with a far more exceeding and eternal weight of Glory.
First, Because they are the last words •f the description of her Glory, (that is, •ese and the words ensuing, which is •t one and the same continued speech) •d it is easie to conclude that John in •is description of this City, doth from •st to last, even from the first appearing ⟨p. 196⟩of her as she cometh out of Babylon, till she be perfect in Glory, give us the relation of it: first, I say, shewing us her descending, then her building, and afterward the Glory of that building; at the end of which also he sheweth to us with what Glory he will crown this Glory, even by swallowing of her up with a far more exceeding and eternal weight of Glory.