have drunk are mad And in their hearts still after thee doe gad The Merchants of thy ways do much complain That by thy ruine they shall lose their gain The Merchants of her Ware that rich are grown By taking fleece from sheep that 's not your own Your Riches Pride and Honour will decay And like a dream will vanish cleane away You Merchants as I proper you may call Remember that your Trade will have a fall For he that hath the righteous Off-spring fed Hath suffer'd yours oft-time to begge their bread Sir John Presbyter that are grown so great And think'st th' art fastned firm within thy Seat Thy time shall be but for a little space But Daniels Little Horu shall thee displace Daniels Little Horn is budding out That will thee and thy Predecessors rout Before whom Papal Prelate and Presbyter shall fall That his Dominion may bee over all O England look what Shepherds you have got That love the Fleece farre better than the Flock Instead of feeding kill such as are fed O England see that you are much misled Thy shepherds certainly are of that sort That Paul unto Philipia did report Whose God 's their belly who earthly things do minde For hee saith misery will bee their end But Sion and thy Pastors that seem to mourn And to the World the objects are of scorn A word of comfort unto thee I say Thy Servants they shall bee and thee obey O Sion be thou joyful in thy King For if a certain thou shalt reign with him And for thy suffering thy reward shall be for aye In the Land of Promise double everlasting joy George Hammon Syons Redemption Discovered Wherein is made plain these PARTICVLARS 1 The last and general return of the Jews out of their captivity and of the building of the City and Temple 2 The manner of the rise of the Man of Sin called the Vile Person or the Antichrist proved not to be the Romish Babylon 3 The spoyling of the Jews for a small time and the taking of their City and Temple 4 The manner of the Son of Righteousness arising and the gathering together of his Army 5 The great Warre upon the Mountains of Israel and the destruction of Antichrist 6 The glorious Reign of Christ and his Saints upon Earth a thousand years 7 A clear description of New Jerusalem not built by the Jews at their return out of Captivity 8 The restoration of the creation into their Primitive Purity 9 The Signs of the Times of the accomplishment of these Prophesies 10 A profitable Application of the sum of these Particulars By GEORGE HAMMOND Pastor LONDON Printed by R. Ibbitson for Fra. Smith and are to be sold at his Shop in Flying horse Court in Fleet street 1655. Sions Redemption Discovered The last and general return of the Jews out of their Captivity and of the building of the City and Temple THe Lord hath promised that the Jews shall return and injoy their own Land and build and repair the former Desolations of which the Scriptures are full For thus saith the Lord behold I will bring again the Captivity of Jacobs Tents and will have mercy on their dwelling places and the City shall be built upon her own heap and the place shall remain after the manner thereof Jerem. 30.18 Moreover that you may see that this is a Prophecy of the last and general return of the Jews the Lord doth declare that he wil not only bring those that were carried in the Northern parts being subdued by the Roman or Persian or Turk but speaks also of all coasts of the Earth meaning also all those that were carried away by Salmanaser out of Samaria so that there might bee one sheep-fold together upon the Mountains of Israel Behold I will bring them from the North Countries and from the coast of the earth for God will save Sion and build the Cities of Judah that they may dwell there and have it in possession the seed also of his Servants shall inherit it and they that love his name shall dwell therein the Towns and Cities of Judah and Jerusalem shall be re-edified and shall bee no more destroyed by the hands of men Ezek. 36 10 11. Jerem. 31.40 compare verse 8.9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18. 1 Chron. 17 9. Amos 9.11 12 13 14 15. So that hence we may see here is a glorious time for the Jews to injoy at the appointed time at the accomplishment of these Prophecies then shall that saying bee made good Ten men shall lay hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew and say we will go with thee for we have heard that God is with you Zech. 8.22 Then the hatred of Ephraim shall depart and the adversary of Judah be cut off Ephraim shall not envie Judah neither shall Judah vex Ephraim Isa. 11.13 Arise and shine for thy light is come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee Behold darkness shall cover the earth and gross darkness the people but the Lord shall arise upon thee and his glory shall bee seen upon thee the Gentiles shall come unto thy light and the King to the brightness of thy rising Lift up thine eyes round about and see all they gather themselves together they shall come to thee thy Sons shall come from farre and thy Daughters shall bee nourished at thy side then shalt thou see and flow together and thine heart shall fear and be inlarged because the abundance of the Sea shall be converted unto thee the forces of the Gentiles shal come unto thee the multitude of Camels shal cover thee the Dromidaries or Middian and Epha all they from Sheba shall come they shall bring Gold and Incense and they shall shew forth the praise of the Lord and the Sons of them that afflicted thee shall come and bow unto thee and all that despise thee shall fall down at thy feet and they shall call thee the City of the Lord the Sion of the Holy one of Israel whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated so that no man passed by thee I will make thee an eternal glory and joy from Generation to Generation Isa. 60.1 2 3 4 5 6. Compare vers 14 15. cha 66.20 21 22. Jerem. 31.24 verse 31 35 36 37 38 39 40. 2 Sam. 7.10 Ezek. 37.20 21 22. Zeph. 3.13 compare 19 20. Zech. 14.11 Ezek. 36.10 11. from these Scriptures it is very clear That at the last and general return of the Jews their Cities shall be built and although they may meet with some difficulties after the building thereof as I shall shew you yet in the time of their return and building they shall have great assistance from God as is clear from the current of Scripture Moreover although the Man of Sin shall trouble them after their return yet it shall not be as afore-time but they shall bee nourished by God from the fierce wrath of the Dragon and they shall be a Crown
be saved but the Lord shall cut the work short in righteousness so that when his people are in great trouble then he shall stand up as a Deliverer Dan. 11.1 Matth. 24.21.22 View well these Scriptures and you shal see that that opinion is false that affirmeth That the Saints shall flourish in such a condition before mentioned while they live in this corrupted Tabernacle of flesh and so I pass to the Third Particular shewing you how Christ and the Saints shall reign together in the Kingdom and shall begin with the words of the Apostle which saith that the Saints are joynt-heirs with Jesus Christ in these words If Sons then Heirs Heirs of God and Joynt-heirs with Christ if so be that we suffer with him that we may bee glorified together Rom. 8.16 17. Now we know a Joynt-heir is an equal sharer or when two are made alike in the injoyment of one thing for so faith the Apostle Now are we the Sons of God but it doth not appear what we shall be but when he shall appear wee shall be made like him 1 Joh. 3.1 2 3 4. they shall be like him in Glory in Majesty in Honour in a word every way like him only he in all things shall have the preheminence Moreover I shall adde a plain text of Scripture in the which we shall see that the Saints and Christ shall reign together in these words Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first Resurrection for on such the second Death shall have no power but they shall be the Priests of God and of Christ and reign with him a thousand years The which also agreeth with the words of the Prophet that saith A King shall reign in Righteousness and Princes shall decree Judgement and Saviours shall come up of Mount Sion and judge the Mount of Esau and the Kingdoms shall be the Lords Revel. 20.6 Isa. 32.1 Obadiah 21. therefore let the Saints be joyful in glory let them sing aloud upon their beds let the high praise of God be in their mouthes and a two-edged sword in their hands to execute vengeance upon the Heathen and punishment upon the people to bind the Kings in chains and the Nobles in fetters of Iron that they may execute upon them the Indgement that is written this honour have all the Saints praise yee the Lord so that it is a faithful saying if we suffer with him we shall also reign with him Psal. 149.5 6 7 8 9. 2 Tim. 2 12. So having shewed that Christ and the Saints shall reign together unanimously I shall also shew you that excellent peace that there shall be in the time of his reign throughout the Earth as saith the Prophet The whole Earth is at rest and quiet they shall break forth into singing the Mountains and Hills shall bring peace unto the people by Justice hee shall judge the poor of the people and he shall save the Children of the needy and subdue the Oppressors they shall fear thee so long as the Sun and Moon indureth from generation to generation he shall come down like the raine upon the new-mowen Grasse and as the showers that water the earth in his days shall the righteous flourish and abundance of peace so long as the Moon indureth his Dominion shall be from sea to sea and from the rivers to the ends of the earth and they that dwell in the Wilderness shall kneel before him and his enemies shall lick up the dust in that day it shall be said wee have a strong City salvation hath the Lord appointed for Walls and Bulworks open yee the Gate that the righteous Nation that keepeth the truth may enter in thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose minde is stayed on thee because he trusteth in thee Isa. 14.7 Psal. 72.3 4 5 6 7 8 9. Isa. 26.1 2 3. From hence wee may see what great peace there shall be in the term of Christs reign there is good reason why there shall be such great peace upon these two accounts the first is Because the Devil shall be bound and shall not stirre up Nations to Warre which is his practise when he is loose The second Reason is Because that at the great destruction of God the Great Antichrist all the Weapons of Warre shall be burnt and those that remain which were not brought up to Warre upon the Mountains of Israel shall bee converted into other service namely Their Swords shall be beat into Plow-shares and their Spears into pruning-hooks for Nation shall not rise up against Nation neither shall they learn warre any more Ezek. 39.9 10. Isa. 2.4 Mich. 4.3 Revel. 20.3 From hence it comes to pass that the people in that day shall be led forth in peace and the Mountains shall break forth before them into singing then shall the Law go forth out of Sion and the Word of the Lord out of thy Jerusalem then shall the saying be made good that is written All thy Children shall be taught of God and great shall be the peace of thy Children So that be will extend peace to her like a River and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream Isa. 2.3 cap. 54.13 cap. 55.12 Isa. 66.10 11 12 13 14. Psal. 127.7 and 125.5 Nah. 1.15 and so I shall leave these Scriptures and the Fourth and pass to the Fifth thing in order which is to shew you the people whom Christ and the Saints shall thus rule with a rod of Iron and that is the ungodly even such as have afflicted the people of God and the Sons of them who have afflicted the people of God for so saith the Prophet The Sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee and all they that despised thee shall fall down at the soals of thy feet and they shall call thee the City of the Lord the Sion of the holy one of Israel Agreeing with that of Malachy To you that fear my Name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing under his wings and yee shall grow forth like Calves in the shall and yee shall tread down the wicked for they shall be like dust under the soals of your feet for thus saith the Lord after this glory hath he sent me unto the Nations which spoyled you for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of mine eye for behold I will lift up my hands upon them and they shall be a spoyl to their Servants and yee shall know that the Lord of Host hath sent me Sing and rejoyce O Daughter of Sion for I will come and dwell in the midst of thee faith the Lord Mal. 4.2 3 4. Zech. 2.8 9 10. Hence you may see that the enemies of God and his people shall be subdued by Christ and the Saints like as the Aegyptians of old were spoyled by the Israelites when they came out of Aegypt so shall all the ungodly Aegyptians be spoyled at the last as you may see Exod. 3.22 Cap. 11.2 Isa.
smote the people with a continual stroak he that ruled the Nations in anger is per secuted and none hindereth vers. 6. So here we see he is called the King of Babylon and in verse 24 25 26. in these words The Lord of Host hath sworn saying Surely as I have thought so shall it come to passe and as I have purposed it shall stand that I wil break the Assyrian in my Land and upon my Mountains tread him under foot then shall his yoke depart from them and his burden depart from off their shoulders This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole Earth Hence you may see that he is also called the Assyrian and that you may see it is meant the last Antichrist before spoken of from the fourteenth Verse of the same Chapter and fifteenth And see more vers. 32. in these words What shall one then answer the Messengers of the Nations for the Lord hath founded Sion and the poor of the people shall trust in it And that foundation in Sion or Sion so founded so as it may bee an object for the people to trust in which will not bee until the Lord Jesus is laid as a foundation or set as a King upon the Holy Hill of Sion and then the poor of the people shall trust in him and lye down under the shadow of his wings in peace and none make them afraid and somuch briefly as to the discovery of the manner of the rise of the Man of Sin and also for the proving of him not to be the Romish Babylon and so pass briefly to the Third which is the discovery of the taking of the City and Temple from the Jews for a small time The spoyling of the Jews for a swall time and the taking of their City and Temple Now when the Jews are returned into their own Land and have brought their substance with them and having no King amongst them the Man of Sin shall have this evil thought come into his minde for to take from them their substance and to make Jerusalem the throne of his glory professing himself to be the King they wait for but through their knowledge they will not beleeve him to be their King for the which cause he shall spoyl them and take away by force their City setting up his Seat in the glorious holy Mount I shall give you some lively Prophecies that shall make good this Particular as brief as may be In that day saith the Lord I will assemble her that halteth and her that was driven out and her that was afflicted now why dost thou cry out aloud is there no Knig in thee Is thy Counsellour perished for pains have taken thee as a woman in travel Be in pain and labour to bring forth O Daughter of Sion like a Woman in travel for now thou shalt go forth out of the City and dwell in the field and thou shalt go even to Babylon there shalt thou be delivered there shall the Lord deliver thee from the hands of the enemies now therefore are many Nations gathered against thee that say Let her be defiled and let our eyes look unto Sion but they know not the thoughts of the Lord neither understand they his counsel for he shall gather them as sheaves into the floor arise and thresh O daughter of Sion for I will make thy Horn Iron and thy hoofes Brass and thou shalt beat in peeces many people and I will consecrate thy gain unto the Lord and thy substance unto the Lord of the whole earth Micha 4.6 7. compare verses 9 10 11 12 13. You may see also from Ezekiel 38.7 8 9 10 11 12. in these words Be thou prepared and prepare for thy self thou and all thy company that are assembled unto thee be thou a guard unto them after many days thou shalt be visited in the latter years thou shalt come into the Land that is brought back from the sword and is gathered out from many people against the Mountains of Israel which have been always wast but it is brought forth out of the Nations and they shall dwell safely all of them thou shalt ascend and come like a storm thou shalt be like a Cloud to cover the Land thou and all thy bands and many people with thee thus saith the Lord It shall come to passe that at the same time shall things come into thy minde and thou shalt think an evil thought and thou shalt say I will go up into the Land of unwalled Villages I will go to them that are at rest that dwell safely all of them dwelling without wals having neither bars nor gates to take a spoyl to take a prey to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited and upon the people that are gathered out of the Nations which have gotten Cattel and Gods and that dwell in the midst of the Land Hence we may see that after Israels last and general return and their bringing their riches with them as they once did out of the Land of Aegypt that this Gog which is the great and last Antichrist as you may see for he saith it is in the latter days even in the very last before the coming of Christ as you may see Ezek. 38.16 17 18 19 20. And that he shall take the prey and spoyl Israel for a small time even until Christ deliver them is clear from the Prophet Zecharies words Zech. 14.1 2 3 4. Behold the day of the Lord cemeth and thy spoyl shall be divided in the midst of thee and I will gather all Nations against Jerusalem to battel and the Cities shall be taken and the Houses rifled and the Women ravished and half of the City shall goe into Captivity and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the City then shall the Lord go forth and fight against those Nations as when he fought in the day of Battel and his feet in that day shall stand upon the Mount of Olives which is over against Ierusalem From these Prophecies you may see that the Man that great and last Antichrist shall spoyl the Iews for a small time and take from them their City and place his Tabernacle in the glorious holy Mountain Dan. 11.45 which the Apostle Paul saith shall bee the Temple for that will be the place of his Seat or Tabernacle 2 Thess. 2.4 Much more might be said to this Particular but I hasten to the Fourth Particular in the which I shall discover the manner of the rising of the Sun of Righteousness and the gathering together of his Army and shall also prove that he is a man and so hee shall come and reign But to passe that and to the thing in hand which is the manner of his arising and the gathering of his Army The manner of the Sun of Righteousness arising and the gathering together of his Army When the full appointed time of the Father shall approach and the measure of Sin is full
or Iniquity at the height as now it is getting up a great pace by reason of a generation of ungodly men that deny that there is any God or Devil and so take liberty to prophaneness then the Lord shall send his Son even the anoynted man or the Man Christ Jesus for so he may be properly called for as man he did rise from the Dead and as man he did eat and drink with his Disciples as man hee ascended and sate at the right hand of the Father and as man shall descend and Judge the World and reign and as man he shall deliver up the Mediatorship unto the Father and be in subjection to the Father when he hath so delivered it up Luke 24.39 compare vers. 42 43. Acts 3.20 Chap. 17.31 1 Cor. 15.24 25 26 27 28. from hence you may see if you wel perusethese Scriptures that the Lord Jesus our King as he was a man and is so hee shall reign as a Man although the Man of men as wee may so say being the first born from the dead for consider him as God he cannot be sent nor appointed by any neither be in subjection unto any but being a man in whom the God-head is compleated in he is in a capacity to be sent by the Supream and Almighty Father but now to the manner of his coming to redeem Israel and restore them into their Kingdom when he is risen from the right hand of the Father he shall appear in the Clouds and shall cause the Angel to sound the Trump even the last and great Trump at the which sound all the godly that are asleep in the dust shall forth-with arise and no more for the rest of the Dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished Rev 20.5 and then all the living even such as are godly shal forthwith be changed and caught up to meet the Lord in the air but the ungodly Dead shall lye in the dust the ungodly Quick shall remain upon earth which makes good the words of our blessed Saviour Two shall be in a bed the one taken and the other left two in a field the one taken and the other left Matth. 24.31 Compare verse 40 41. 1 Thess. 4.14 15 16 17. Rev. 1.7 chap. 20.5 So when Christ hath thus raised the dead Saints and changed the living into a glorious immortal state then shall they forth-with be caught up into the Clouds and meet with the glorious Angels and so shall become that glorious Army that John saw Revel. 19.11 in these words And I saw Heaven opened and behold a white Horse and he that sate upon him was called faithful and true in Righteousness doth he judge and make war and the Armies which were in Heaven followed him upon white Horses cloathed in fine Linnen white and clean verse 14. Thus shall hee ride in great glory triumphantly in the air till he cometh over against the Mount of Olives and there shall he descend with his glorious innumerable Army that follow him and there shall he be the great King or Prince Royal of the whole World agreeing to the Prophecie of Scriptures that Prophecy concerning him Behold the Lord my God shall come and all his Saints with him and his feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives Zech. 14.4 5. When the Son of Man shall come in his glory with all his holy Angels then shall he sit in the throne of his glory Matth. 25.31 Also Enoch the seventh from Adam prophecied saying The Lord cometh with ten thousand of his Saints Jude 14. and when the Iews shall see him come in this excellent glory then shall that saying written concerning the Iews come to pass Loe this is our God we have waited for him he will save us this is the Lord we have waited for him we wil be glad and rejoyce in his Salvation Esa. 25.9 so that this wil be the voyce of them that remain in the City and as for those that are Captivated by the Man of sin they shal be redeemed out of the Land of their enemies by the Lord Jesus himself at that time shall that saying bee fulfilled that is written The redeemed of the Lord shall come to Sion with Songs and everlasting joy upon their heads they shall obtain joy and gladness and sorrow and sighing shall fly away Isa. 35.10 Chap. 51.11 So much briefly as touching the manner of the Son of Righteousness arising and the gathering of his Army and so pass to the Fifth Particular which is the ingagement of the two Armies namely the Son of Righteousness and the Man of Sin with the total overthrow of the Man of Sin upon the Mountains of Israel and the restoration of the Kingdom into Israels hands The great Warre upon the Mountains of Israel and the destruction of the last Antichrist Now as to the ingagement of the two Armies And I saw the Beast and the Kings of the earth and their Armies gathered together to make Warre against him that sate on the Horse and against his Army and the Beast was taken and with him the false Prophet that wrought Miracles before him with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the Beast and them that worshipped his Image these both were cast alive into a Lake of fire burning with brimston Rev. 19.20 21. From hence we may see the Lord Jesus Christ comes full of fury and wrath as the Prophet saith of him Behold the name of the Lord cometh from far his face is burning and the burden thereof is heavie his lips are full of indignation and his tongue as a devouring fire his breath as an over-flowing stream shall reach to the midst of the neck to sift the Nation with the five of vanity and put a bridle in their jaws causing them to erre Isa. 30.27 28. Again you see Isa. 63.1 2 3 4 5 6. Who is hee that cometh from Edom in dyed Garments from Bozra that is glorious in his apparrel travelling in the greatness of his strength I that speak in righteousness mighty to save wherefore art thou red in thine apparrel and thy garments like him that treadeth the Wine-press I have trodden the Wine-press alone and of the people there was none with me for I will tread them in mine anger and trample them in my fury and their bloud shall stain all my raiment for the day of vengeance is in mine heart and the year of my Redeemed is come I looked but there was none to help and I wondered that there was none to uphold therefore my own arm brought Salvation and my fury it upheld me for he put on Righteousness as a Brest-plate and as a Helmet of Salvation upon his head and he put on the garment of Vengeance for cloathing and was clad with Zeal as a Cloke according to their deeds accordingly hee will repay fury to his Adversaries recompence to his Enemies to the Islands he will repay recompence for it is the
33.1 2 3. When Israel was to go out of the Land of Aegypt the Lord commanded them to ask every one of his Neighbour jewels of Silver and jewels of Gold and the Lord gave them favour in the sight of the AEgyptians so that they did obtain what they demanded by the which the Israelites were inriched by the spoyl of the Aegyptians and so it shall be at that day with the people of God they shall injoy the spoyl of their enemies for they are the true Heirs to the riches of the World present and that which is to come 1 Tim. 4.8 1 Corinth 3.22 Math. 19 29. So that they shall eate the riches of the Gentiles as also saith the Scriptures Yee shall be named the Priests of the Lord and men shall call you the Ministers of our God yee shall eat the riches of the Gentiles and be exalted with their glory Isa. 61.6 Here we see that the Lord is pleased to give them the riches of the Gentiles that is to say the riches of Sinners that although they heap up Silver like the dust and raiment like the clay yet the just shall put it on and the innocent shall divide the Silver so that their gain shall be consecrated to the Lord and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth therefore shall thy Gates be open continually neither day nor night shall they be shut that men may bring unto thee the riches of the Gentiles that thy Kings may be brought for the Nations and Kingdoms that will not serve thee shall parish and those Nations shall utterly be destroyed Job 27.16 Isa. 60 11 12. Cap. 66.11 Zech. 14.14 Revel. 21.24 From hence we may see that riches and glory and honour and a Kingdom nay and Crowns also shall be cast down before Christ and the Saints which shall be at their steps King Solomon in his glorious Reign was a lively Type of King Jesus in his glorious Reign and we know in King Solomons Reign there was great plenty of riches and glory such as was not in Jerusalem before or since and that there shall be so in Christs Reign was set out by those who came from the East to Ierusalem to worship Christ which when they had found him opened their Treasures and presented Gifts Gold Myrrhe Matth. 2.11 which shews to us That when the Lord is King in Ierusalem how persons shall come from the utmost parts of the Earth to submit to Christs and the Saints royal Dignity and present unto them the choycest of riches which agreeth to the Scriptures before mentioned so having discovered that Christ and his Saints shall reign in Ierusalem and of that excellent peace and sovereignty that they shall injoy in their time with riches and the glory of the Gentiles I pass now unto the Seventh Particular which is the description of the New Jerusalem A clear description of New Jerusalem not built by the Jews at their return out of Captivity The very consideration of this New Jerusalem is sufficient to ravish the hearts of all such as are heavenly-minded it was that which did stay and support the mindes of the suffering Saints of old and indeed it is sufficient because it is of such an excellent situation that it is to be admired as the Psalmist faith Beautiful for situation the joy of the whole earth is Mount Sion on the side of the North is the City of the great King God is known in her Palace for a refuge which City in the Mystery is no more but that New Ierusalem which shall be the City of the great King Psal. 48.2 compare Psal. 47.8 even so New Ierusalem shall come down from God out of Heaven and being situated about Sion it is Metaphorically called mount Sion because Sion of old did represent it which was Davids Throne the which David and his Throne was a lively type of Christ and his Throne and as David placed himself in Sion with his Family so Jesus Christ will place himself in that New Jerusalem with his Family the which Family consisteth of risen saved glorified Saints the which agreeth with the Word of the Lord that faith The people that are saved shall walk in the light of it and the Kings of the earth shall bring their glory and honour unto it and there shall in no wise enter into it any that defileth neither whatsoever worketh abomination or maketh a lye but they which are written in the Lambs Book of Life Rev l. 21.24 25 26 27. but now I shall pass briefly to a review of that glorious City New Jerusalem the which is treated of Revel. 21. beginning at the tenth verse And he carried me away in the Spirit unto a great and high Mountain and shewed me that great City the holy Jerusalem descending out of Heaven from God having the glory of God and her light was like unto a stone most precious even like a Jasper stone clear as Chrystal and had a wall great and high and had twelve Gates and at the Gates twelve Angels and names written thereon which are the names of the twelve Tribes of the Children of Israel on the East three Gates on the North three Gates on the South three Gates and on the West three Gates and the wall of the City had twelve foundations and in them the names of the twelve Apostles of the Lambe and he that talked with me had a golden reed to meajure the City and the Gates thereof and the wall thereof and the City lyeth four square and the length is as large as the breadth and he measured the City with the reed twelve thousand Furlongs and the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal and he measured the wall thereof an hundred forty and four Cubits according to the measure of man that is of the Angel and the building of the wall of it was of Jasper and the City pure Gold like unto clear Glass and the foundations of the wall of the City were garnished with all manner of precious Stones the first foundation was Jasper the second Saphir the third Chalcedonie the fourth an Emerauld the fifth Sardonix the sixth Sardins the seventh Chrysolite the eighth Beryl the ninth Topas the tenth Chrysophrasus the eleventh a Jacinth the twelfth an Amethyst and the twelve Gates were twelve Pearls every severall Gate of one Pearl the streets of the City were pure Gold as it were transparent Glass and I saw no Temple therein for the Lord God Almighty and the Lambe were the Temple of it and the City had no need of the Sun neither of the Moon to shine in it for the glory of God did lighten it and the Lambe was the light thereof and the Nations of them that are saved shall walk in the light of it and the Kings of the North shall bring their glory and honour into it and the Gates of it shall not be shut at all by day and there shall be no night there and they