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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.
Having thus showed us this City, her Fashion, Glory, Inhabitants, and the like: he now comes to show us her Provision and Maintenance, wherewith ⟨p. 251⟩she is kept in safety, life, peace and comfort, &c.
HAving thus shewed us this City, her Fashion, Glory, Inhabitants, and the like: he now comes to shew us her Provision and Maintenance, wherewith ⟨p. 251⟩she is kept in safety, life, peace and comfort, &c.
And he showed me a pure River of Water of Life.
And he shewed me a pure River of Water of Life.
This Water of Life, is nothing else but the manifold Grace of God in Christ, let forth to the Inhabitants of this Jerusalem, wherewith she is watered and replenished, as the Earth with rain from Heaven, for the good of those that drink thereof. For both the word Water, and that of Life, they are but metaphorical sayings, under which is held forth some better and more excellent thing. And indeed it is frequent with God in Scripture to speak of his Grace and Mercy under the notion of Waters, of a Fountain, a Sea, and the like; Zech. 13. 1, 2. Mica 7. 18, 19.