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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.
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.
Now it is called Water,
First, Because no soul can be cleansed or effectually washed from its guilt and1 filth, but by the Grace of God. I washed thee with water, yea I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and thou becamest mine,