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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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1 It is a living House: Unto whom coming as unto a living stone, ye also as lively stones are built up a spiritual House, 1 Pet: 2: 4: 5. Christ the foundation is a living Stone, and they that are built upon him, are living stones. Hence they are said to grow together into an House: Growth is a sign of life: Growing from an inward Principle: such as the Growth of any thing is, such is its life: the Groweth of this House is spiritual, so therefore also is its life: it lives with a spiritual life: a life whose fullness, is in its foundation, he hath life in himself: Joh: 5. 26▪ and from him, in them: I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live, Gal: 2: 22: yea it is himself in them; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me. It is true those stones are dead in the Rock as well as others: by nature Children of wrath as well as they, Ephes. 2: 3: being dead in Trespasses and sins: v: 1. He who Hews them our, gives them life: He quickens them, when dead in trespasses and sin: There is not one rotten dead stone in all this building: However some such may, by the advantage of their outward appearance, crowd in, yet they are not of the House it self.
1 It is a living House: Unto whom coming as unto a living stone, yee also as lively stones are built up a spirituall House, 1 Pet: 2: 4: 5. Christ the foundation is a living Stone, and they that are built upon him, are living stones. Hence they are said to grow together into an House: Growth is a signe of life: Growing from an inward Principle: such as the Growth of any thing is, such is its life: the Groweth of this House is spirituall, so therefore also is its life: it lives with a spirituall life: a life whose fulnesse, is in its foundation, he hath life in himself: Joh: 5. 26▪ and from him, in them: I am crucified with Christ: neverthelesse I live, Gal: 2: 22: yea it is himself in them; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me. It is true those stones are dead in the Rock as well as others: by nature Children of wrath as well as they, Ephes. 2: 3: being dead in Trespasses and sins: v: 1. He who Hews them our, gives them life: He quickens them, when dead in trespasses and sin: There is not one rotten dead stone in all this building: However some such may, by the advantage of their outward appearance, croud in, yet they are not of the House it self.