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The mystical match between Christ and his churchThe mysticall match between Christ and his church
The mystical match between Christ and his church by the late learned and reverend divine, John Preston ... The leading sermon to that treatise of his called The churches marriage.The mysticall match between Christ and his church by the late learned and reverend divine, John Preston ... The leading sermon to that treatise of his called The churches marriage.
London: printed for Francis Eaglesfield, 1648
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.
The Characters of a member are, first to be sociable, 1it is not the property of a member to be alone, if thou be knit unto Christ, thou canst not 2want fellowship with Christians, with the members of Christ. As a member of the body, if there be any disjoynture made, it seeks to be knit again: so every one that is a member, cannot endure to want the fellowship of Christ; if a cloud come betwixt Christ and him, he cannot rest till he be made one with him again, or of the rest of the Saints, which are his fellow members.
The Characters of a member are, first to be sociable, 1it is not the property of a member to bee alone, if thou bee knit unto Christ, thou canst not 2want fellowship with Christians, with the members of Christ. As a member of the body, if there be any disjoynture made, it seekes to be knit again: so every one that is a member, cannot endure to want the fellowship of Christ; if a cloud come betwixt Christ and him, hee cannot rest till hee be made one with him againe, or of the rest of the Saints, which are his fellow members.
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Secondly, another disposition of a member is to 1be useful and serviceable to the body and the rest of the members, as the hand, the eye, and the ear, in its place. So it is with every one that is a member of this body, whereas before he sought himself, and considered what did redound to himself, what profit, or credit, now the case is altered, and his thoughts are, How shall I do any thing which may glorify my Head, and advantage my fellow members? How shall I be useful to God and man?