The River Losing Depth

“Salvian observeth that the church, like a river, loscth in depth what it gaineth in breadth.’ Yet Salvian could not prove that it needs to do so. It is to be feared that the case is occurring even now; but it ought not so to be. When the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea, we shall look for depth as well as breadth, or the figure will not be complete. The New Jerusalem lieth four square, and the length is as large as the breadth; ‘’the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.”