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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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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.
2. The Materials of this Building, Elect, believers: said in the former verse, to be fellow citizens with the Saints, and of the houshold 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.
3. The Architects or builders are of two sorts:
1. Principal, the Spirit, we are framed to an habitation for God by the Spirit: He is the principal Workman in this Fabric: without him, is not one stone laid therein.
1. Principall, the Spirit, we are framed to an habitation for God by the Spirit: He is the principall Workman in this Fabrick: without him, is not one stone laid therein.
2. Secondary and Instrumental, the Prophets and Apostles, and this they were two ways: