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omne_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la propheta_fw-la continentur_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la aedisicationem_fw-la &_o amplitudinem_fw-la sparke_n sancto_fw-la suggerente_fw-la spectâsle_n &_o ita_fw-la de_fw-la sva_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la dominus_fw-la loquens_fw-la ad_fw-la hanc_fw-la urbem_fw-la allasit_fw-la dicens_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la civitas_fw-la abscondi_fw-la supra_fw-la montem_fw-la posita_fw-la quod_fw-la etiam_fw-la quae_fw-la de_fw-la ipsá_fw-la â—ic_fw-la tradit_fw-la manifestant_fw-la nam_fw-la quorsum_fw-la tam_fw-la accurata_fw-la mensura_fw-la laterum_fw-la quorsum_fw-la annumeratio_fw-la pertarum_fw-la &_o ingredientium_fw-la quorsum_fw-la nova_fw-la civitatis_fw-la nomenclatura_fw-la proculdubio_fw-la haec_fw-la novam_fw-la civitatem_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la nempe_fw-la catholicam_fw-la ut_fw-la novam_fw-la jerusalem_n illustratione_fw-la coelestium_fw-la virtutum_fw-la descendentem_fw-la de_fw-la coelo_fw-la adumbrarunt_fw-la pet._n serranus_n in_o ult_n cap_n ezechiclis_fw-la p._n 288._o serranus_n ezechiclis_n serranus_n hic_fw-la est_fw-la murus_fw-la ille_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la ait_fw-fr d._n johannes_n in_o cap._n 21._o apoâ—_n ubi_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la militantis_fw-la civitatem_fw-la describit_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la nonnulla_fw-la interdum_fw-la misceat_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesium_fw-la triumphantem_fw-la pertinentia_fw-la &_o habebat_fw-la civitas_fw-la haec_fw-la murum_fw-la magnum_fw-la &_o altum_fw-la sed_fw-la dices_fw-la fortasse_fw-la qui_fw-la sieri_fw-la potest_fw-la ut_fw-la hi_o duo_fw-la loci_fw-la johannis_n &_o ezechielis_fw-la cohaereant_fw-la cùm_fw-la johannes_n unum_fw-la tantùm_fw-la murum_fw-la describat_fw-la ezechiel_n tres_fw-fr hector_n pintus_fw-la in_o 40._o cap._n ezechiclis_n hector_n pintus_fw-la one_o pintus_fw-la unde_fw-la alchasar_n in_o apoc._n cap._n 3._o v._n 12._o notatione_n secund_a pag._n 318._o censet_fw-la judaeam_fw-la hic_fw-la esse_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la uâ—â—em_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o illa_fw-la vidit_fw-la ezechiel_n esse_fw-la romam_fw-la non_fw-la jerusalem_n unde_fw-la ejus_fw-la nomen_fw-la est_fw-la dominus_fw-la ibidem_fw-la scilicet_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la vicario_n romano_n pontisice_n templum_fw-la esse_fw-la monasteria_fw-la virosa_fw-la religiosos_fw-la cor._n à _fw-la lapide_fw-la in_o 40_o cap._n ezech._n but_o alchasar_n else_o where_o in_o cap._n 21_o apoc._n interprete_v the_o new_a jerusalem_n to_o be_v rome_n and_o therefore_o these_o two_o city_n in_o his_o opinion_n be_v all_o one_o cornelius_n à _fw-la lapide_fw-la gaspar_n à _fw-fr melo_n and_o divers_a other_o as_o a_o certain_a and_o undoubted_a truth_n second_o which_o do_v also_o follow_v out_o of_o this_o former_a assertion_n he_o observe_v that_o the_o angel_n in_o the_o description_n of_o this_o heavenly_a jerusalem_n have_v not_o only_a respect_n unto_o the_o figure_n name_n and_o part_n of_o the_o ancient_a literal_a jerusalem_n but_o also_o to_o the_o measure_n of_o it_o for_o if_o the_o reason_n why_o s._n john_n &_o the_o prophet_n ezekiel_n do_v describe_v this_o heavenly_a jerusalem_n to_o have_v be_v of_o a_o square_a figure_n and_o to_o have_v have_v twelve_o gate_n and_o twelve_o tribe_n and_o twelve_o name_n of_o twelve_o apostle_n be_v because_o these_o thing_n have_v sometime_o a_o real_a and_o actual_a existence_n in_o the_o literal_a jerusalem_n then_o why_o shall_v there_o not_o be_v the_o like_a reason_n and_o foundation_n of_o truth_n why_o this_o measure_n of_o 12000_o furlong_n shall_v be_v fetch_v &_o derive_v from_o such_o measure_n as_o have_v sometime_o actual_a existence_n in_o the_o ancient_a and_o literal_a jerusalem_n i_o say_v therefore_o if_o that_o city_n describe_v by_o ezekiel_n by_o the_o same_o with_o this_o new_a jerusalem_n than_o this_o new_a jerusalem_n must_v agree_v with_o that_o description_n not_o only_o in_o figure_n and_o in_o the_o number_n of_o the_o gate_n and_o tribe_n but_o also_o in_o the_o measure_n and_o compass_v of_o it_o 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