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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.
First, That the Throne of God is also made the Throne of the Lord Jesus Christ, upon which he (as a reward of his Sufferings and Victory over Sin, Satan and all Evils) is set down, and upon which he sits and rules as Lord and Chief of all Worlds. He is set down on the1 right hand of Power, on the right hand of the Majesty on high; as he saith, To him that overcometh will I grant to sit down with 2me on my Throne, even as I overcame, and am set down with my Father upon his Throne. ⟨p. 262⟩This being thus, it signifieth that this City shall have her enjoyments of Life, Peace and Joy in the holy Ghost, by virtue of the Kingship of the Lord Jesus Christ, aswell as by the virtue of his Priestly and Prophetical Office. The Church doth in our days know a little what Joy, Peace and Life is to be enjoyed from Christ, even through that dark and glimmering sight that she hath of the Offices of Christ in a mist; but she feels not yet what Joy she shall have, and what Peace she shall enjoy when her Lord in all his Offices is manifest before her, and when he in the glory of them doth reign in the midst of this Jerusalem. There are none of the Offices of the Lord Jesus yet upon the Throne in his Church on Earth, though they be all upon the Throne in Heaven: O! but the day is coming that they shall be all upon the Throne in the Church on Earth, when they shall each of them in its full length, breadth, height and depth bear sway among his People, and before all men▪ Then shall the Moon be confounded, and the Sun ashamed, when the Lord of Hosts shal• reign in Mount-Zion, and in Jerusalem▪ and before his Ancients gloriously, Isa. 24▪ 23.
First, That the Throne of God is also made the Throne of the Lord Jesus Christ, upon which he (as a reward of his Sufferings and Victory over Sin, Satan and all Evils) is set down, and upon which he sits and rules as Lord and Chief of all Worlds. He is set down on the