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Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out…
Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out of which domesticall duties are raised. ... VIII. Duties of masters. By William Gouge.
London: printed by John Haviland for William Bladen, 1622London: printed by Iohn Haviland for William Bladen, 1622
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§. 87. Of the indissoluble union betwixt Christ and the Church.
§. 87. Of the indissoluble vnion betwixt Christ and the Church.
II. The firmness of that bond whereby Christ and the Church are said to be glued together, is greater and more inviolable then that whereby man and wife are joined together: Death parteth man and wife: but death cannot make a diremption betwixt Christ and the Church: so as we may well from this metaphor infer, that Christ and the Church are inseparably 1knit together. I will betroth thee unto me for ever, saith Christ unto the Church. The covenant which Christ maketh with his Church, is an everlasting covenant. The mountains shall depart, 2and the hills be removed, before his kindness shall depart from the Church.
II. The firmnesse of that bond whereby Christ and the Church are said to be glued together, is greater and more inuiolable then that whereby man and wife are ioyned together: Death parteth man and wife: but death cannot make a diremption betwixt Christ and the Church: so as we may well from this metaphor inferre, that Christ and the Church are inseparably 1knit together. I will betroth thee vnto me for euer, saith Christ vnto the Church. The couenant which Christ maketh with his Church, is an euerlasting couenant. The mountaines shall depart, 2and the hils be remoued, before his kindnesse shall depart from the Church.