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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.
1. That though the Church under Antichrist be never so low, yet out of her Loins shall they come that yet shall be a 1reigning City: Generation is a descending from the Loins of our Friends; he therefore speaks of the generation of the Church: Wherefore the meaning is, That out of the Church that is now in Captivity, there shall come a complete City, so exact in all things, according to the Laws and Liberties, Privileges and Riches of a City, that she shall lie level with the great Charter of Heaven. Thus it was in the Type, the City after the Captivity was builded, even by those that once were in Captivity, especially by their Seed and Off-spring; and thus it ⟨p. 24⟩shall be in our New - Testament New Jerusalem; They that shall be of thee, saith2 the Prophet, (that is, of the Church in affliction) they shall build the old waste places; thou shalt raise up the Foundations of many Generations; and thou shalt be called, The Repairer of Breaches, and the Restorer of Paths to dwell in; and again, They that sometimes had Ashes for Gladness, and the Spirit of Heaviness instead of the Garment of Praise, They shall build the old Wastes, they shall raise up the former Desolations, and they shall repair the waste Cities, the Desolations of many Generations; for your shame you shall have double, and for confusion they shall rejoice in their Portion, &c. Isa. 58. 11, 12. & 61. 3, 4, 7. Thus therefore by descending, we may understand that the Churches Generation shall be this Holy City, and shall build up themselves the Tower of the Flock.
1. That though the Church under Antichrist be never so low, yet out of her Loins shall they come that yet shall be a 1reigning City: Generation is a descending from the Loins of our Friends; he therefore speaks of the generation of the Church: Wherefore the meaning is, That out of the Church that is now in Captivity, there shall come a compleat City, so exact in all things, according to the Laws and Liberties, Priviledges and Riches of a City, that she shall lie level with the great Charter of Heaven. Thus it was in the Type, the City after the Captivity was builded, even by those that once were in Captivity, especially by their Seed and Off-spring; and thus it