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City are already fet forth, Verfe 16. beginning Chapter
with thofe on the North-fide, as the general Di- XLVIII
vifion of the Land doth : See Verfe i v^^v^
Vcr. 31. And the Gates of the City fhall be after y
the Navies of the Tribes of JfraelJ] The fame Defcrip-
tion is given of the Gates of the New Jerufalem,
Revel, xxi. 12, 13. tofignify that all true Ifraelites
have their Share in this Heavenly City, and a right
to enter into it, Revel, xxii. 14.
Ver. 35. And it was roundabout eighteen thou- Ver. 35.
fand Measures'] See Verfe 16.
Ibid. And the Name of the City from that Day
fhall be, the LORD is there.~\ Jerusalem was formerly
called the City of God, Pfal. Ixxxvii. 3. and
the City of the great King, Pfal. xlviii. 2. But in
this New Jerusalem God fhall dwell in a more
glorious manner, and make it the Place of his
perpetual Re fide nee. So that every Part of that
City, and every Member of it, fhall be as
Holy as the Temple it felf, where God had
placed his Name, r Kings viii. 29. Comp. with
Revel, xxi. 22. this is in a lower Degree fulfilled
in all good Chriftians, who are called the Tem-
ples of the living God, 2 Cor. vi. 16. 1 Pet. ii. 5.
and an Habitation of God through the Spirit. Epb.
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