For such “a comely pack” a great castle would be required.
The city in Judæa, answers the maiden, is where Christ suffered, and is the Old Jerusalem.
The New Jerusalem is where the Lamb has assembled his brides.
Jerusalem means the city of God.
In the Old city our peace was made at one.
In the New city is eternal peace.
[XVII.]
The father prays his daughter to bring him to the blissful bower.
His daughter tells him that he shall see the outside, but not a foot may he put in the city.