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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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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.
Ye are built upon the Foundation of the Prophets, and the Apostles, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone, in whom the whole building fitly framed together, groweth into an holy Temple in the Lord: in whom also ye are builded together, for an habitation to God by the spirit, Ephes. 2. 20, 21, 22.
There is much spiritual and heavenly Architecture in these 3. verses. I shall only touch on some particulars.
There is much spirituall and heavenly Architecture in these 3. verses. I shall onely touch on some particulars.
1. The Foundation of this House, this Temple is laid, and that is Jesus Christ, other Foundation can no man lay: He is here called, the chief corner stone: and, the Foundation of the Prophets and Apostles, It is not which they were, but which they laid: It is Genetivus efficiculis, not materiae: That expression holds out, the persons working, not the thing wrought.
2. The Materials of this Building, Elect, believers: said in the former verse, to be fellow citizens with the Saints, and of the household of God: they alone are built on Christ, and thereby have union with him: not one dead rotten stone in all this Building, as shall be declared.