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Pneumatou diakonia, or, Gospel-churches a standing ordinance of Jesus Christ to continue to his…
Pneumatou diakonia, or, Gospel-churches a standing ordinance of Jesus Christ to continue to his next personal glorious coming, plainly proved : objections particularly answered / by an unworthy servant ... R.B.Pneumatou diakonia, or, Gospel-churches a standing ordinance of Jesus Christ to continue to his next personal glorious coming, plainly proved : objections particularly answer'd / by an unworthy servant ... R.B.
London: printed by T.M. for Tho. Parkhurst, 1682
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Demonstration. II.
The Titles, Appellations, given to Jesus Christ, with respect to such Churches; each of which is an unshaken basis upon which their continuation is founded. We think it necessary to premise, that 'tis not our intendment to discourse of all the ⟨p. 24⟩Titles given to Christ in the Scripture; but only of such as give countenance, assistance, strength, to the matter of our present enquiry; and of these only so far as is necessary thereunto.
I. Then, the Lord Jesus Christ is styled in Scripture, the Builder of these Churches, Zach. 6.12. He shall build the Tem-of the Lord. So, the Vulgar Latin. The House of the Lord, Seventy, Ar. The Temple of the Lord, Sir. The Chaldee reads the whole verse thus, Behold the Man, his Name is Christ, who is to be revealed, and magnified, and about to build the Temple of the Lord. For he shall Build the Temple of the Lord, and he shall bear the Glory. The Hebrew is [Greek or Hebrew] Behold the famous (Noble) Man the Branch. 'Tis evidently-spoken of Christ, who is frequently called Tsemach, the Branch. Isa. 4.2. Jer. 23.5. & 33.15. Zach. 3.8. Of whom Joshua was a Type. [Greek or Hebrew], He himself shall build that Temple of Jehovah; viz. that Temple which was to be erected upon his coming into the world; whereof the Temple that Joshua, and Zerubbabel, were in building was a Type, viz. Gospel-Churches. These Christ is said to Build, because he gave forth Directions, Laws, to his Apostles for their Erection, Establishment.