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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.
Persecutors, while they remain in their spirit of outrage against the Church and People of God, they are frequently in the Scripture compared to the venomous Dragons, fierce Lions, and ravenous1 Wolves; all which at this day, shall be driven out of the World: that is, so out, as never to molest the Church again, or to cause a Gate of this City to be shut, through fear against them; as he saith by the Prophet, In the habitation of Dragons where each lay, shall be grass, with 2•eeds and rushes. In the habitation of Dragons, that is, even in the places of Persecutors, where each lay, shall be food for the Flock of Christ. The Dragon is ⟨p. 230⟩a venomous beast, and poisoneth all where he lieth; he beats the Earth bare, and venoms it, that it will bear no grass: as do the Persecutors where they inhabit and lie. But behold, the days do come in which these Dragons shall be removed, and the ground where they lay, be made fruitful and flourish, so that even there shall be places for the flocks to lie down in; In the habitation of Dragons where each lay, shall be grass, with reeds and rushes. No Lion shall be there, nor any ravenous Beast shall be found thereon; but the Redeemed of the Lord shall walk there, and the ransomed of the Lord shall 3return and come to Zion with Songs, and everlasting Joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain Joy and Gladness, and Sorrow and Sighing shall flee away: according to that of Moses, The Lord will give peace in his Land, and his People shall lie 4down, and none shall make them afraid: For 5he will rid the evil Beasts out of the Land, and the Sword shall not go through it more. And my People shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
Persecutors, while they remain in their spirit of outrage against the Church and People of God, they are frequently in the Scripture compared to the venemous Dragons, fierce Lions, and ravenous