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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 [proceeding] out of the Throne of God.
And he shewed me a pure River of Water of Life, clear as Crystal [proceeding] out of the Throne of God.
This word, proceeding, hath also in it two things.
First, An implicit declaration, whither it goes. And,
Secondly, A discovery of its gradual extension to those to whom it goes.
Secondly, A discovery of its gradual extention to those to whom it goes.
First, Touching to whom or whither it goes; it is let out both to the Jews and Gentiles indifferently; and so it never yet was, since the Foundations of the Jewish Church; for in the time of the old Testament it did run to the Jews in special, and in the times of the New-Testament