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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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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:
1. It hath a Foundation: I have laid the Foundation, faith Paul, 1. Cor. 3. 10. and, other Foundation can no man lay, save that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ, V. II. That Which Paul laid ministerially, God himself laid primarily and efficiently: Thus saith the Lord God, Behold I lay in Zion for a Foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious Corner stone, a sure Foundation, Isa. 28. 16. Now this Foundation is no other but the Rock upon which the Church is built, Math. 16. 18. which makes it impregnable to the Gates of hell, communicating strength, and permanency, continually to every part of the building.