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The branch of the Lord, the beauty of ZionThe branch of the Lord, the beauty of Sion
The branch of the Lord, the beauty of Zion: or, The glory of the Church, in it's relation unto Christ· Opened in two sermons; one preached at Berwick, the other at Edinburgh. By John Owen, minister of the Gospel.The branch of the Lord, the beauty of Sion: or, The glory of the Church, in it's relation unto Christ· Opened in two sermons; one preached at Berwick, the other at Edinburgh. By John Owen, minister of the Gospel.
Edinburgh: printed by Evan Tyler, 1650
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And secondarily also, every holy Assembly of mount Zion, whereunto, the Lord Christ is made beauty and glory: every particular Church of his Saints, inasmuch as they partake the nature of the whole, being redeemed by his blood, Acts 20. 28.
And secondarily also, every holy Assembly of mount Sion, whereunto, the Lord Christ is made beauty and glory: every particular Church of his Saints, inasmuch as they partake the nature of the whole, being redeemed by his blood, Acts 20. 28.
That this Church belongs unto God, I shall only leave evidenced under the claim whereby he here appropriates it to himself, he calls it His, My House: That it is his House, I shall further demonstrate: Three things are required to making of a House: 1. A Foundation. 2. Materials for a superstruction. 3. An orderly framing of both into an useful building.
That this Church belongs unto God, I shall onely leave evidenced under the claim whereby he here appropriates it to himself, he calls it His, My House: That it is his House, I shall further demonstrate: Three things are required to making of a House: 1. A Foundation. 2. Materialls for a superstruction. 3. An orderly framing of both into an usefull building.
And all these concur to the Church of Christ:
And all these concurre to the Church of Christ: