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the breadth. And he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs; the length, and the breadth, and the height of it are equal."

How exceedingly great muft this city be? Twelve thoufand furlongs fquare, that is fifteen hundred miles in length and breadth. This makes it fix thoufand miles in circumference; but when the new earth appears, without any fea there will be room enough to receive it. It must be remembered, that when this city comes down, it will be prepared as a bride adorned; its builder and Maker is God; and it will come down with the foundation, wall, street, and all done. Some have thought the height of the wall will be equal to the length and breadth of the city; but this is a mistake, the wall is faid to be one hundred and forty four cubits high, this I fhall notice hereafter.

The meaning of the height being equal is, that there is one entire level to the street and top of the wall. It is not like Jerufalem, or Rome, built on mountains. Though this city is to be fo large; yet we are not to fuppofe that this city is to contain all that will be saved; for it is mentioned that the kings of the earth, (which means the new earth) do bring their glory and honor to it. There are principalities and powers, now in heavenly places, among angels; and in the world to come, there will be principalities and powers, this Paul has mentioned, Eph. i. 21, chap. iii. 10,-This city thus large will be the chief place of refort from all parts of the earth where faints immortal will dwell; for when the new heaven and earth are created, the righteous will dwell all over the earth. Peter fays, "We according to his promise look for new heavens and earth, wherein dwelleth righteoufnefs." O how the glory of God will fhine in fuch an holy city, of fuch magnitude!

"This heavenly city is the masterpiece of architecture ever reared by the great builder. Its very form, a cube, is perfection itself, no other form could equal it, and its ftupendous greatness aftonishes us beyond meafure! Fifteen hundred miles in length, and breadth! What a city is this? Whofe fuperfices contain two millions and a

quarter of fquare miles, and its folid contents, three thoufand, three hundred and feventy five millions of cubit miles! And there might stand at once on the ground of this city, without touching each other; fifteen billions, fix hundred and eighty one thousand, and fix hundred millions of men! (allowing two feet fquare, or four fquare feet) which would be more than could be born in four hundred ninety fix thoufand, nine hundred and thirty years, at the rate of fixty persons in each minute.

The use of these calculations is to fhew the amazing greatness of the city, and to make it evident, that the number of the faved, (though fo many will die the fecond death) is inconceivable, fince God has prepared fuch a vaft city for them "

3. The meafure of the wall of Jafper around the city.

Verse 17, 18, "And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty four cubits, according to the meafure of a man, that is the angel,and the buildingof the wall of it was JASPER." The height of the wall of this city, is faid to be an hundred and forty four cubits; allowing a cubit to be one foot and an half, it would make the wall two hundred and fixteen feet high. The wall it felf is faid to be Jasper, a molt precious ftone. Think a moment of a city fix thoufand miles in circumference, with a wall two hundred and fixteen feet high, and that wall of white Fafper, what glory is this! It far exceeds all that mortals have feen. Remember he whose power created the heavens, the earth,and fea,and man upon the earth, can easily fhew his creatures fuch a city as this. It is added that the city thus walled, was pure gold, like unto tranfparant glafs. How rich! How glorious! How beautiful! Bleffed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and enter in through the gates into the city.

4. The foundations of the wall of the city is mentioned. Verfe 14, 19, 20, "And the wall of the city had

twelve foundations and in them the names of the twelve apoftles of the Lamb. And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious ftones. The firft foundation was Jafper; the fecond,

fapphire; The third, chalcedony; the fourth, an Em. erald; The fifth, fardonyx, the fixth, fardius; the fev enth, chryfolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chryfoprafus; the eleventh, a jacinth, the twelfth, an amethyft."

In the temple built by Solomon there were twelve ftones or foundations on which it stood; three on each fide, and in the days of Christ, the adorning of the temple was fuch, that the disciples were charmed with the glory of it; but what was all that compared to the glorious foundations of the new Jerufalem which John faw when he had a vifion of things to come! These foun dations are described as very glorious on two accounts;

1. On account of the precious ftones with which the foundations were garnished; these are said to be twelve, one precious ftone to each foundation.

As it is likely many of my readers are unacquainted with these precious ftones mentioned as the garnishing of the foundations of this city; and as many wish to have an account of them; I fhall here give a short defcription of them, that each one may have an increasing idea of the glory of that city prepared; which shall ere. long come down from God out of heaven.

1. The first foundation was garnished with JASPER. This is a precious ftone. There are fourteen varieties of Jafper. The firft colour is green. 2 Red. 3 Yellow. Brown. 5. Violet colour. 6 Black. 7 Bluish gray.

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8 Milkey white. 9 Variegated with green, red and yellow clouds. 10 Green with red fpecks. 1 Veined with various clouds. 12 Jafperwith variouscloud coloured zones. 13 That which has various colowrs mixed promifcuouily without any order. 14 That which contains fome particles of agate, called agatized Jafper. A foundation garnished with Jafper of either of thofe colours must be glorious indeed. The Jafper which is most valued, is the green, spotted with red or purple.

2. The fecond foundation was garnished with SAPPHIRE. The fapphire is a genus of precious ftones, and of a blue colour, and is the hardest of all except the ruby and diamond.

3. The third foundation was garnished with CHALCEDONY. This is a GEM, there are four known species of the chalcedony. I A bluish white one. 2 The dull, milkey veined chalcedony. 3 The third is a brownish black, dull, and cloudy one. 4 The fourth is the yellow and red chalcedony, fuperior to all the reft in Beauty.

4. The fourth foundation was garnished with an emerald. The emerald is a precious stone and the fofteft of all precious stones, it is confidered the most beautiful of all the gems, being in general of a green colour. There are two kinds, the pale green, and dark green.

5. The fifth foundation had a SARDONYX. This is another of the precious ftones, confisting of a mixture of the chalcedony and carnelian. It is found, I Striped with white and red ftrata; 2 white with red dentritical figures. 6. In the fixth foundation was the SARDIUs, this pre cious stone is of the colour of blood.

7. In the seventh foundation was the ftone called CHRY SOBITE, the colour of this ftone is yellow like gold.

8. In the eighth foundation was the ftone called beryl ; this ftone is of a bluish green colour, it never receives any admixture of colour into it, nor looses the blue and green, but has its genuine tinge in the degrees from a very deep and dufky to the paleft imaginable of the hue of fea-water.

9. In the ninth foundation was the TOPAZ; this ftone is of the fame colour as the chryfolite, having the colour of gold.

10. In the tenth foundation was the chryfoprafus; the colour of this stone is green, having a yellowish tinge inclining to blue, like the green leek.

II. In the eleventh foundation was the jacinth; thisftone is of a purple or violet colour, from whence it has its name.

12. In the twelfth foundation was the amethyst. The Amethyst is a tranfparent gem,of a purple colour, which feems compofed of a ftrong blue and deep red, and, according as either of thefe prevails, affording different tinges of purple, fometimes approaching to violet, and fometimes, even fading to a pale rofe colour.

Thefe precious ftones are all fmall in this earth, and appear to me as famples, to let all know the glory of the new Jerufalem by, like a tranflated Enoch as a fample of all the faints; how a few of these things draw our attention; but what are all thefe compared to a city great and glorious, garnished all around with fuch precious ftones.

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2. These foundations are described as being very glorious, on account of the names in these precious stones. There are three foundations on the east, three on the ́ north, three on the south, three on the west; and in each foundation one of the names of the Apostles of the lamb. While the names of the wicked shall rot, the apostles who have had their names cast out as evil, here shall have their names in everlasting remembrance, engraved on the foundations of the city, while they within enjoy glory forever.

As there are three foundations on a fide, there will be three names upon each side, in a length of fifteen hun dred miles, thus.

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It is impoffible for mortals to defcribe what Christ promised his apoftles and all who follow him, in the world to come.

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