The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatisesThe dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in severall treatises

So here, by Faith, being made the Spouse of Christ, Christ doth en-noble his Spouse: Christ doth adorn, and beautify his Spouse, Ezek. 16.10, 11, 12, 13. — I clothed thee with broidered work, and shed thee, and covered thee with silk. I decked thee with Ornaments, &c. We shine with the beams of his Justice. Holiness, Riches, Graces. — Christ is made to us Wisdom, Justification, Sanctification, and Redemption, 1 Cor. 1.30. — Of his fullness we all have received, and Grace for Grace, Joh. 1.16. — Nay

So here, by Faith, being made the Spouse of Christ, Christ doth en-noble his Spouse: Christ doth adorn, and beautifie his Spouse, Ezek. 16.10, 11, 12, 13. — I cloathed thee with broidred work, and shed thee, and covered thee with silk. I decked thee with Ornaments, &c. Wee shine with the beams of his Justice. Holiness, Riches, Graces. — Christ is made to us Wisdome, Justification, Sanctification, and Redemption, 1 Cor. 1.30. — Of his fulness wee all have received, and Grace for Grace, Joh. 1.16. — Nay

5. Faith makes us the Members of Christ, who is such an Head as doth en-noble his Members. Christ throws more Glory and Honour upon the meanest Member of his Body, than all the World is able to make us heirs of. It were better to be the meanest Member of Christ, than to have all the Glory of the World, out of Christ; better to be the meanest twig in this Vine,¹ than to be the most glorious branch in the World, out of Christ. Better it is not to be at all, than not to be in Christ.