C A ;2t. ARevelatíonofthe Apocalypfeo 6; Verf. ;5. Andhe that talked *ithme. Thus farne the holy Ghoft bath 4efcribed the formeof the wall as touching xhe,continuedquantity ther- of. Now followeth the forme of the City -, whc reofhe delivereth noton- ly the height, bredth, and length, as in the former, but the number alfo oftheFurlongs thereof, together with the number ofthe Cubits of the vvail. And Fa ft generallyhe fheweth the Minifl:er, the Inftrument which he tfeth, and the things to be meafured in this verle. The Miniher is the fame who fpakewith Iahm,the feyenthof thofe Angels, to wham the Vt- als were.delivered over, verf9. \y'hofe miniftery,teachethus to feeke and look for this City.befare the laic judgement. And fomeworthy man feemeth to be noted out untous by this 4xgel, whoas it were another Zorobabel, Ezra, or Nehemias, fhall fet this moil excellent Church in frame andorder by the power of God, (hall defcribe alto each part of the holy City moft accuratly. That which is to be meafured, is the City, the Gates, the Wail, that is, the whole building. No part (hall be neglcft= ed,but every, part (hall be both fa downeand drawn.outmofl: diligenrr ly, and framed together moft wifely. In the Ierafalemof the Gentiles, which was begun to bebuilt, at what titttc'the Beall beganto rife up, the Teknpleonlywas meafured,the. City, yea and the outcrmoff Courtalfo are forbidden to be dray, ne forth and d.efcribed : but this Angel (hall meafure out untous both the Gates, and the Wals, and the wholego- vernment ofthe Church;ail whichhé (hall fquare outby theperfec`I rule of the will ofGod. Verf. i6. An4 the City 147fortrefquare. Now the holy Ghoft fpeak- ethofthe formeof the. City, in regard of the quantity thereof. It is foure fquare,and as long as it is broad. This City therefore fhall bemolt table, foprepared forevery change, that howfoever things go, it (hall alwayes retaine,a firme foundation. There is ario'ther confïderation of rh -is yernfaleryr,then therewas ofthat which wasamongus Gentiles,tvhich lay hid for a thoufand two hundred and threeleore.yeers. That altohad a four-fquared hgure,but yet it had unequal!fides oflength and,breadth, as we have flrewed,at-the fcventh Chapter, having twelve tho.ufand in the length of it, buttwselve only is the bredth of it. Out of both which, all that number ofthofe that were fealed, was:gathered, namely anhim- dredforgeand forty thatsfand. The reafonwhereof.was,becaufe there was fome multitude of the godly at that. time in lengthof.coitinuanee and procefhe oftine, but they flouriflxed not with any breadth, that is, any frefrnt abundance ofprofeßou;rs in any age of that fpace of the 12.6o. yecrs. But it (hall come to paffe otherwife in this City..Jtfhall be madt . ro lefle noble and famous with an infinite company offaithful' people through
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