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A30152	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 ...	Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.	1669 (1669)	Wing B5536; ESTC R36063	132,664	312

and shewed me that great City the holy Jerusalem Having thus told us how and with what he was qualified he next makes relation of what he saw which was that great City the holy Jerusalem Jerusalem in the Language of the Scripture is to be acknowledged for the Church and Spouse of the Lord Jesus and is to be considered either generally or more particularly Now as she is to be taken generally so she is to be understood as being the whole Family in Heaven and Earth and as she is thus looked upon so she is not considered with respect to this or that state and condition of the Church here in the world but simply as she is the Church therefore it is said when at any time any are converted from Satan to God That they are come to Mount Sion the City of the living God the heavenly Jerusalem to an innumerable Company of Angels to the general Assembly and Church of the first-born that are written in Heaven to God the Judge of all and to the Spirits of Just men made perfect to Jesus and to the Blood of sprinkling Heb. 12. 22 23 24. But again As Jerusalem is thus generally to be understood so also she is to be considered more particularly 1. Either as she relates to her first and purest state or 2. As she relates to her declined and captivated state or 3. With reference to her being recovered again from her apostatized and captivated condition Thus it was with Jerusalem in the Letter which threefold state of this City shall be most exactly answered by our Gospel-Jerusalem by out New-Testament-Church Her first state was in the days of Christ and his Apostles and answered to Jerusalem in the days of Solomon her second state is in the days of Antichrist and answereth to the carrying away of the Jews from their City into Babylon and her third state is this in the Text and answereth to their return from Captivity and rebuilding their City and Walls again All which will be fully manifest in this Discourse following Besides That this holy City that here you read of is the Church the Gospel-Church returning out of her long and Antichristian Captivity consider First She is here called a City the very name that our Primitive Church went under which name she loseth all the while of her Apostatizing and Captivity under Antichrist for observe I say all the while she is under the scourge of the Dragon Beast and the Woman in Scarlet c. she goeth under the name of a Woman a Woman in travel a Woman flying before the Dragon a Woman flying into the Wilderness there to continue in an afflicted and tempted condition and to be glad of Wilderness-Nourishment until the time of her Enemies were come to an end Rev. 12. Now the reason why she lost the title of City at her going into Captivity is Because then she lost her situation and strength she followed others then Christ wherefore he suffered her Enemies to scale her Walls to break down her Battlements he suffered as you see here the great Red Dragon and Beast with seven Heads and ten Horns to get into her Vineyard who made most fearful work both with her and all her Friends her Gates also was now either broken down or shut up so that none could according to her Laws and Statutes enter into her her Charter also even the Bible it self was most grosly abused and corrupted yea sometimes burned and destroyed almost utterly wherefore the Spirit of God doth take away from her the title of City and leaveth her to be termed a wandring Woman as aforesaid The Court that is without the Temple saith the Angel leave out and measure it not for it is given to the Gentiles and the Holy City shall they tread under foot forty and two months Rev. 11. 2. The Holy City shall they tread under foot that is all the City-Constitutions her Forts and Strength her Laws and Priviledges for a long time shall be laid aside and slighted shall become a hissing a taunt and a by-word among the Nations And truly thus it was in the Letter in the destruction of Jerusalem by the King of Babylon and his wicked Instruments by whose hands the City was broken up the Walls pulled down the Gates burned the Houses ri●●ed the Virgins ravished and the Children laid dead in the top of every street 2 Chron. 36. 17 18 19 20 21. Jer. 52. Lam. Chap. 1 2 3 4. Now was Zion become a plowed Field and Jerusalem turned to heaps a place of Briers and Thorns and of wastness and desolation Mic. 3. 12. Isa. 7. 23 24. Secondly The phrase also that is joyned with this of City doth much concern the point she is here called The new and holy City which words are explained by these As a Bride adorned and prepared for her Husband the meaning is That she is now got into her Form Fashion Order and Priviledges again she is now ready adorned prepared and put into her Primitive state Mark though she was in her state of affliction called a Woman yet she was not then either called a City or a Woman ADORNED but rather a Woman robbed spoiled rent and torn among the briers and thorns of the Wilderness Isa. 5. 6. 42. 22. 32. 13 14. Wherefore this City is nothing else but the Church returned out of Captivity from under the reign of Antichrist As is yet further manifest because Thirdly We finde no City to answer that which was built after the Jews return from Captivity but this for this and onely this is the City that you finde in this Prophecie that is nominated as the Antitype of that Second of the Jews wherefore John hath no relation of her while towards the doom of Antichrist and no description of her in particular until Antichrist's utterly overthrown as all may see that wisely read the 17th 18th 19th 20th Chapters of this Prophecie And shewed me that great City The holy Ghost is pleased at this time to give the Church the name of a City rather than any other name rather than the name of Spouse Woman Temple and the like though he giveth us her under the name of a Woman also to help us to understand what he means but I say the name of a City is now the name in special under which the Church must go and that for special Reasons First To shew us how great and numerous a People will then be in the Church the Church may be a Woman a Temple a Spouse when she is but few but an handful but two or three but to be a City and that in her glory it bespeaks great store of Members Inhabitants and Citizens especially when she goeth under the name of a GREAT City as here she does He shewed me that GREAT City Secondly She goeth rather under the name of a City than Temple or Spouse to shew us also how plentifully the Nations and

Kingdoms of men shall at that day traffick with her and in her for her goodly Merchandize of Grace and Life to shew us I say what wonderful custom the Church of God at this day shall have among all sorts of People for her Heavenly Treasures It is said of Tyrus and Babylon That their Merchandize went into all the World and men from all quarters under Heaven came to trade and to deal with them for their Wares why thus it will be in the latter day with the Church of God the Nations shall come from far from Tarshish Pul Lud Tubal Javan and the Isles afar off They shall come saith God out of all Nations upon Horses and Mules and upon swift Beasts to my holy Mountain Jerusalem And it shall come to pass that from one new Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another shall all flesh come to worship before me saith the Lord Isa. 66. 19 20 21 22 23. Alas the Church at that day when she is a Woman onely or a Temple either may be without that Beauty Treasure Amiableness and affecting Glory that she will be endowed with when she is a prosperous City His marvelous kindness is seen in a strong City Psal. 31. 21. In Cities you know are the Treasures Beauty and Glory of Kingdoms and 't is thither men go that are desirous to solace themselves therewith Out of Zion the perfection of Beauty God hath shined Thirdly It is called a City rather than a Woman or Temple to shew us how strong and securely it will keep its Inhabitants at that day In that day shall this Song be sung We have a strong City Salvation will God appoint for Walls and Bulwarks And verily if the Cities of the Gentiles and the strength of their Bars and Gates and Walls did so shake th● Hearts yea the very Faith of the Children of God themselves how secur● and safe will the Inhabitants of this Cit● be even the Inhabitants of that City whic● GOD Himself will build c. But lastly and more especially The Church is called here a City chiefly to shew us that now she shall be undermost no longer Babylon reigned and so shall Jerusalem at this day And thou O Tower of the Flock the strong hold of the Daughter of Zion unto thee shall it come even the first Dominion the Kingdom shall come to the Daughter of Jerusalem Mic. 4. 8. Now shall she when she is built and compleat have a compleat Conquest and Victory over all her Enemies she shall reign over them the Law shall go forth of her that rules them and the Governours of all the World at that day shall be Jerusalem-Men And the Captivity of this Host of the Children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites even unto Zarephath and the captivity of Jerusalem which is in Sepharad shall possess the Cities of the South And Saviours shall come out of Mount Zion to judge the Mount of Esau and the Kingdom shall be the Lords Ob. 20 21. For the Law shall go forth of Zion and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem And ●e shall judge among many People and rebuke strong Nations afar off and they shall beat their Swords into Plowshares and their Spears into Pruning-Hooks Nation shall not lift up a Sword against Nation neither shall they learn War any more Mic. 4. 1 2 3. There brake he the Ships of Tarshish with an East winde As we have heard so have we seen in the City of the Lord of Hosts in the City of our God God will establish it for ever Psal. 48. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. For observe it Christ hath not only obtained the Kingdom of Heaven for those that are his when this World is ended but hath also as a Reward for his Sufferings the whole World given into his hand wherefore as all the Kings and Princes and Powers of this World have had their time to reign and have Glory in this World in the Face of all so Christ will have his time at this day to shew who is the onely Potentate and Lord of Lords 1 Tim. 6. 15. At which day he will not onely set up his Kingdom in the midst of their Kingdoms as he doth now but will set it up even upon the top of their Kingdoms at which day there will not be a Nation in the World but must bend to Jerusalem or perish For the Kingdom and Dominion and greatness of the Kingdom under the whole Heaven shall be given to the People of the Saints of the most High whose Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom and all Dominions shall serve and obey him Dan. 7. 27. And his Dominion shall be from Sea to Sea and from the River to the ends of the Earth Zech. 9. 10. O Holiness how shall it shine in Kings and Nations when God doth this He shewed me that great City the holy Jerusalem descending out of Heaven from God In these words we are to enquire into three things First What he here should mean by Heaven Secondly What it is for this City to descend out of it Thirdly And why she is said to descend out of it from God First For the word Heaven in Scripture it is variously to be understood but generally either materially or metaphorically Now not materially here but metaphorically and so is generally if not always taken in this Book Now that it is not to be taken for the material Heavens where Christ in Person is Consider That the descending of this City ● not the coming of glorified Saints with their Lord because that even after the descending yea and building of this City there shall be Sinners converted to God but at the coming of the Lord Jesus from Heaven with his Saints the door shall be shut that is the door of Grace against all Unbelievers Luk. 13. 25. Matth. 25. 10. Therefore Heaven here is to be taken metaphorically for the Church which as I said before is frequently so taken in this Prophecie as also in many others of the holy Scriptures Rev. 11. 15. 12. 1 2 3 7 8 10 13. 13. 6. 19. 1 14. Jer. 51. 48. Matth. 25. 1. c. And observe it though the Church of Christ under the tyranny of Antichrist loseth the title of a standing City yet in the worst of times she loseth not the title of Heaven She is Heaven when the great Red Dragon is in her and Heaven when the third part of her Stars are cast unto the Earth she is Heaven also when the Beast doth open his Throat against her to blaspheme her God his Tabernacle and those that dwell in her Secondly Now then to shew you what are to understand by this that she is said to DESCEND out of Heaven for indeed to speak properly Jerusalem is always in the Scriptures set in the highest ground and men are said to descend when they go down from her but to ascend or go up when they are

wear at God's command between their eyes Which Memorial was the Doctrine of Unleavened-Bread and of the Paschal-Lamb the Doctrine of Faith and Holiness Wherefore by Name here he means the Faith and Holiness of the Gospel which in those days shall walk openly with Honour with Reverence and Esteem before all men At this day the World will as I have said be so far off from opposing and persecuting that they shall wonder and tremble and fear before this People yea be taken affected and pleased with the welfare of this Beloved The Mountains and the Hills shall break forth before her into singing and all the Trees of the Field shall clap their hands All Nations shall call them blessed for they shall be a delight some Land saith the Lord of Hosts Malac. 3. 12. The Waters of Noah shall now be no more the tumultuous Multitudes shall now be gone and there will be no more Sea Now therefore the Doves may be gathering their Olive-branches and also find rest for the soals of their feet while the Ark shall rest upon the Mountains of Ararat The Wolf shall now dwell with the Lamb and the Leopard shall lie down with the Kid the Calf and the young Lion and the Fatling together and a little Child shall lead them The Lion shall eat straw like an Oxe And the little Childe shall play at the hole of the Asp and the weaned Childe shall put his hand into the Cockatrices den They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my Holy Mountain saith the Lord. Blessed is he whose lot it will be to see this holy City descending and lighting upon the place that shall be prepared for her situation and rest Then will be a Golden World Wickedness shall then be ashamed especially that which persecutes the Church Holiness Goodness and Truth shall then with great boldness countenance and reverence walk upon the face of all the Earth From the rising of the Sun even to the going down of the same my Name shall be great among the Gentiles and in every place Incense shall be offered to my Name and a pure Offering for my Name shall be Great among the Heathen saith the Lord of Hosts 'T will be then alwayes Summer alwayes Sunshine alwayes pleasant green fruitfull and beautiful to the Sons of God And it shall come to pass in that day that the Mountains shall drop down new Wine and the Hills shall flow with Milk and all the Rivers of Judah shall flow with Water and a Fountain shall come forth of the House of the Lord and shall water the valley of Shittem and Judah shall dwell for ever even from Generation to Generation And the name of the City shall be from that day THE LORD IS THERE Oh Blessedness And he said unto me These sayings are faithful and true And the Lord God of the holy Prophets sent his Angel to shew unto his Servants things that MUST SHORTLY be done I conclude therefore with that earnest Groan of Moses the Man of God O satisfie us early with thy mercy that we may rejoyce and be glad all our dayes Make us glad according to the dayes wherein thou hast afflicted us and the years wherein we have seen evil Let thy Work appear unto thy Servants and thy Glory to their Children and let the Beauty of the Lord our God be upon us and establish thou the work of our hands yea the work of our hands establish thou it Amen THE END 1 Cor. 1. 27 28. Mat. 11. 25. 21 15 16. Mal. 1. 12 13. Ezek. 8. 17. Mat. 11. 19 Isa. 37. 22. Ezek. 22. 7 8 9 10 11 c. Isa. 66. 10 11. John qualified for this Vision When God calls to Work he fits for Work Mark 4. 34. † Luk. 2. 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. Exod. 19. 3. Deut. 32. 49. 2 Cor. 10. ● 6. Jerusalem considered in general † Eph. 3. 15. Jerusalem is to be considered more particularly † Ephes. 3. 19. Rev. 13. Why the Church at this day is called by the name of a City rather than a Woman Temple House or the like Ezek. 27 Rev. 18. 2 3. * Psa. 50. 2. Deut. 9. 1 2. Num. 13. 28. Isa. 60. 12 Ezr. 3. 1. Neh. 12. 1 Mat. 20. 17 18. Luk. 19. 28. 10. 30. Hebr. 7. 6 13 14. Isa. 45. Neh. 3. 5. Isa. 58. 8. to 14. Rev. 11. Joh. 14. 18. Dan. 3. 25. Isa. 27. 7 8 9. Rev. 2. 10 Zech. 4. 2 Zech. 8. 3 Judg. 7. Mich. 2. 12 13. Isa. 42. 13 14. Isa. 31. 4 5. Zech. 12. 8. Zeph. 3. 8 Joel 3. 16 Zech. 4. 6 Josh. 2. 8 9 10 11 12 13. Josh. 9. 22 23 24 25. Rev. 20. 3. Ezek. 1. 4 Ver. 13 14 Vers. 22. Vers. 26. † Ezek. 40. 3. * Ezek. 47. 1. Ver. 12. The light of the Church shall be according to the purity of the Word Isa. 52. 8. 30. 26 Isa. 32. 3 4. Isa. 33. 5 6. The Way out of Babylon a pleasant Way * See Verse 2. Eccles. 7. 11. Welcome will be that Light that doth shew us the Way out of Babylon Dan. 12. 4. Isa. 32. 15 Isa. 29. 24. Ezek 37. 19 20 21 Isa. 11. 9. 13. Zeph. 3. 8. 2 Thess. 2. Rev. 18. 1 2 3 4. Num. 20. 18 19. Num. 21. 22. Ezra 4. 7 * See more of this hereafter Isa. 60. 3. Zeph. 3. 17. Num. 21 22 23 24 c. Isa. 27. 4. Rev. 14. 4 Exod. 40. 36 37 38 Cant. 6. 9 10. 3. 6. 8. 5. Jer. 29. 10. Jer. 31. 12 Isa. 58. 11 Of her Defence Gen. 3. Ezek. 37. 1 2. Jer. 39. ● 52. 7. Isa. 26. 1. Act. 4. 12. Zech. 2. 5 2 King 6. 17. The Reason of two Walls Isa. 22. 10 11 12. Amos. 9. 9 Two Walls made one The reason why they both are made one Rev. 20. 1 2 3. The Wall is great and high Deut. 1. 28. Heb. 7. 26 Job 11. 8 The height of the Wall The Gates of the City Jer. 17. 19 20. What the Gates sig nifie Twelve Gates Neh. 3. 13 28 29 31. 12. 37 39. Why Twelve Gates Exod. 12. 48. Gal. 3. 7. Rom. 4. 16 The twelve Gates do answer the twelve Tribes Hos. 9. 17 Isa. 57. 14 The Angels and what they are Why the Angels are said to be Twelve Ezek. 34. 17 18. Exod. 15. 27. Isa. 12. 3. Hos. 6. 11 Psal. 80. 2. Why the twelve Angels stand at the twelve Gates Mat. 18. 18. Joh. 20. 23. Mark 13. 34. 2 Chron. 23. 19. Psal. 100. 4 5. Isa. 27. 13 Ezek. 48. 31. Zech. 13. 6. Gal. 3. 7. Rom. 2. 28. 1 Pet. 2. 9 10. Why the Gates look every Way Ezek. 10. 11. Mat. 28. 19. Joh. 11. 12. Luk. 10. 1 1 Kin. 7. 23 24 25 Why there is three Gates looking every Way 1 Joh. 2. 12 13 14. The foundations of the Wall Mat. 7. 24 25. It is the Doctrine of the