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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.
4. The manner of the building, it is fitly framed together, [Greek or Hebrew]: closely jointed and knit in together: sweetly closed together with Christ▪ the head, from which, all the Body by joints and hands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God. Col 2. 19.
4. The manner of the building, it is fitly framed together, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉: closely joynted and knit in together: sweetly closed together with Christ▪ the head, from which, all the Body by joynts and hands having nourishment ministred, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God. Col 2. 19.
5. What kind a House it is: It receiveth here a twofold Title, 1. an holy Temple: 2. an habitation, or a Tabernacle, because of it's allusion to both those holy places of the worship of God, fulfilling the Types of them both.
Hence it is most evident that this Church of Christ is a House, and being appropriated unto God, God's House.