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Moses his choice with his eye fixed upon Heaven, discovering the happy condition of…
Moses his choice with his eye fixed upon Heaven, discovering the happy condition of a self-denying heart, delivered in a treatise upon Hebrews II, 25, 26 / by Jeremiah Burroughs.
London: printed by John Field, 1650
Moses his Choice. › Part 3 › Chapter 34: The reproaches of Gods people are the reproaches of Christ.
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Secondly, it is the reproach of Christ, in regard of the near relation, and close union that is between 1Christ and his people: As the reproach of the Wife is the reproach of the Husband, and the reproach of the Husband is the reproach of the Wife, ⟨p. 408⟩because of their union, and therefore in 1 Cor. 11. the Apostle calls the woman, the glory of the man: Either in regard that the man may glory in her if she be godly and good, or else because the woman does honour the man, the Wife is to honour her Husband, and to give glory to him; as the people of God are called The glory of God, partly because God does glory in them, and partly because they do give glory to God: so the woman should be such a one as the man may glory in her, and such a one as may give glory to her husband: Now the Church is the glory of Christ, as the wife is the glory of the man; and therefore it is said in 2 Cor. 8. 23. speaking of Titus and others which were messengers of the Church, he says, they are the glory of Christ, then certainly their reproaches must be the reproaches of Christ.
Secondly, it is the reproach of Christ, in regard of the near relation, and close union that is between 1Christ and his people: As the reproach of the Wife is the reproach of the Husband, and the reproach of the Husband is the reproach of the Wife, ⟨p. 408⟩because of their union, and therefore in 1 Cor. 11. the Apostle calls the woman, the glory of the man: Either in regard that the man may glory in her if she be godly and good, or else because the woman does honor the man, the Wife is to honor her Husband, and to give glory to him; as the people of God are called The glory of God, partly because God does glory in them, and partly because they do give glory to God: so the woman should be such a one as the man may glory in her, and such a one as may give glory to her husband: Now the Church is the glory of Christ, as the wife is the glory of the man; and therefore it is said in