A supplement to the several discourses upon various divine subjects

In v. 5. 1. The honour of Zion is described by her fruitfulness.

In v. 5. 1. The honour of Sion is described by her fruitfulness.

1. In regard of the eminency of her births, she is not wholly barren, she hath her births of men, and worthy men; the carnal world hath not exceeded the Church in men of raised intellectuals; Zion hath not been a City of fools. Dionysius the Areopagite hath been her production as well as Damaris a woman. Kings also have been nursed at her breasts, that they might be nursing fathers to her by their power; but the honour of Zion, consists in the inward change it makes on men, dispossessing them of the nature of wolves for that of lambs, rendering them the Loyal subjects of God instead of his active enemies. 'Tis the glory of Zion, that this or that man born in her, was changed to such principles and such affections, that all the education and politeness of the most accomplished Cities in the world could not furnish them with.

1. In regard of the eminency of her births, she is not wholly barren, she hath her births of men, and worthy men; the carnal world hath not exceeded the Church in men of raised intellectuals; Sion hath not been a City of fools. Dionysius the Areopagite hath been her production as well as Damaris a woman. Kings also have been nurst at her breasts, that they might be nursing fathers to her by their power; but the honour of Sion, consists in the inward change it makes on men, dispossessing them of the nature of wolves for that of lambs, rendring them the Loyal subjects of God instead of his active enemies. 'Tis the glory of Sion, that this or that man born in her, was changed to such principles and such affections, that all the education and politeness of the most accomplisht Cities in the world could not furnish them with.