Date of publication from BM catalogue.
"A View of the New Jerusalem, and this Present Evil World, Likewise of the Industry of some Gospel Ministers in Endeavouring to Pluck Sinners from Wrath to come"--Bottom of sheet.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
An engraving of the tree of life with fruits bearing the twelve manners and the masses of foliage and roots labeled as well with a view of New Jerusalem in the background; a symbolic triple triangle with the interchangeable words, "Word," "God," "Father," and "Spirit" is at the base of the tree; the tree grows on a mound surrounded by water enclosed as part of Paradise or New Jerusalem with angels and others within it; over the gate in the wall is written "Knock and it shall be Opend"; in front of the gate are numerous groups of people, representing the human race, in divers actions and variously engaged; a woman knocks at one gate and a man at another; ten individuals approach it and demand "Are not these Brands pluck't from ye Fire"?; "Pride of Life" is illustrated by a man and woman driving in a high gig or cabriolet; a man and woman are interacting in a window nearby; two men and a woman sit at a table drinking, one of the men chucks the woman under the chin; the preacher just behind the group, who is denouncing Death, is actually assaulted by his neighbors, one of whom offers him a cup to drink from, another has a tobacco pipe in his mouth; one of the loiterers calls the attention of his female companion to those who are devoted to "Chambering and Wantoness"; a clergyman has been introduced among the group of those who follow "The Broad Way," he talks to a woman; a tall meretirix follows and points to a little fat man; Rev. G. Whitefield is placed towards the left, preaching, "Behold the Lamb"; John Wesley stands at the mouth of the bottomless pit, preaching, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ" with a man demanding, "What shall I do to be saved?"; a man with his back turned away from the pit rushes towards Wesley as a winged devil reaches for him; another devil strokes a man's head as he lies on the ground reaching for his bag; "Babylon the Mother of Harlots" has patches on her face at the gate of the pit; a little man stands on the path of "The Broad Way"; a man wearing a jockey's cap and carrying a whip, solicits a woman, who rejects his advances.
The Divine Trinity at the base of a tree hich bears fruits carrying the names of virtues; beyond him is the "New Jerusalem" and in the foreground a contemporary street scene with two preachers (John Wesley and George Whitefield) attempting to direct sinners toward the narrow gate to heaven and away from the broad way that leads to hell.