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Moreover Christ loved this church so well, that he gave himself for it ¹to sanctify it, & cleansed it in the fo• tayne of water, by the word, to make it unto him self a glorious congre ciō having no spot or wrinkle, nor any such thing, but that it should be holy & without blame. This church is the spouse of Christ, and matron of heaven, the house of God, which is the congregation of the living God, the pillar & ground of trueth. This church is the mount ⟨image 78⟩Sion, the City of the living god, the celestial Jerusalem, the company ²of innumerable angels, & the congregation of the first begotten, which are written in heaven. This church is the holy city, that new ³Jerusalem, which came down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride garnished for her husband. This church is that love, that dear ⁴darling, that dove, that fairest among all women without spot or deformity, of whom we read in y• Ballads of Solomon. This church can never err, seeing that it is ever ⁵governed with the spirit of Christ seeing also that it cleaveth only to the word of God, neither doth it hear the voice of any stranger, but only hear and follow the voice of her Sheppard, which is Christ. To know therefore this church of Christ from the Synagogue of Antichrist it is very easy, For the Church of ⟨image 79⟩Christ leaneth with a sure faith to ⁶Christ alone the Son of the living God, as an omnisufficient saviour. The Synagogue of Antichrist although it confesseth Christ after a certain manner, yet it seeketh salvation also at the hands of other. The church of Christ followeth only the word of God, & according to that worketh in all things. The Synagogue of Antichrist followeth the voices of strangers, deviseth new decrees, constitutions, laws ordinances &c. & unto them it sticketh mainly. The church of Christ practiseth those works, that ar commanded in the holy Scripture. The Synagogue of Antichrist worketh things of her own imagination, not prescribed in the law of God. The church of Christ seeketh above all things the glory of god, & the health of her neighbour. The Synagogue of Antichrist seeketh her