CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

5. We are the Lords by several peculiar relations, all which administer their peculiar comfort; We are the Lords house in which he continually dwells and is present; We are his Temple in a peculiar manner consecrated to him; We ⟨p. 180⟩are his branches and that denoteth our intimate Union with him, as also our supply from him; We are his Servants, we are his Children, we are his Wife, we are the members of Christs body; Oh these similitudes are full of worth, they demonstrate not only the dignity but the blessedness of his people, and the rich supply of comfort and grace from him; By these is signified that we are the Lords in his most endeared affections, That no Father to a child, no husband to a Wife is as God to us, Isa. 43.1. I have called thee by Name, thou art mine.

5. We are the Lords by several peculiar relations, all which administer their peculiar comfort; We are the Lords house in which he continually dwels and is present; We are his Temple in a peculiar manner consecrated to him; We ⟨p. 180⟩are his branches and that denoteth our intimate Union with him, as also our supply from him; We are his Servants, we are his Children, we are his Wife, we are the members of Christs body; Oh these similitudes are full of worth, they demonstrate not only the dignity but the blessednesse of his people, and the rich supply of comfort and grace from him; By these is signified that we are the Lords in his most indeared affections, That no Father to a childe, no husband to a Wife is as God to us, Isa. 43.1. I have called thee by Name, thou art mine.

Use 1 The practical Improvement of this is very great,