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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, clear as Crystal, &c.
And he [shewed] me a pure River of Water of Life, clear as Crystal, &c.
In that he saith, he saw this River, he giveth us in a Mystery also to understand how openly and plainly this River shall in all its Crystal Streams and Cur-rents be apprehended and seen by the Children of this City; for in this Vision he doth as it were represent in his Person the Children of New Jerusalem; as God said to Ezekiel in another case, Thou shalt be their sign, and they shall do as 1thou hast done. ▪ So here, I SAW, saith ⟨p. 256⟩John, a pure River of Water of Life. I am in this a sign to the House of the Israel of God, and to the Inhabitants of this City; they shall do as I have done, and shall also see as I have seen. As saith the Church and People of this City, As we have heard, so have we SEEN, 2in the City of the Lord of Hosts. And hence it is called an OPEN Fountain, 3because, it shall be no more shut up or kept close for ever.
In that he saith, he saw this River, he giveth us in a Mystery also to understand how openly and plainly this River shall in all its Crystal Streams and Cur-rents be apprehended and seen by the Children of this City; for in this Vision he doth as it were represent in his Person the Children of New Jerusalem; as God said to Ezekiel in another case, Thou shalt be their sign, and they shall do as 1thou hast done. ▪ So here, I SAW, saith