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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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3. It is a Glorious House, and that in a three-fold respect:
1. It is Glorious in respect of Inward Glory brought unto it of God in the face of Jesus Christ: being beautiful, through the comeliness that he puts upon it: Hence Christ speaking of it, says, How fair art thou O love for delights, Canticles, 7: 6. and thou art all fair my love, there is no spot in thee, Chap. 4 7. and how I pray comes that about, why Christ washeth it in his own blood, that it might be wholly a glorious Church, Ephes. 5. 26 27. And further he being the branch of the Lord, and fruit of the earth is made beauty and Glory, Excellency and Comeliness thereunto. Psal. 4. 2.
1. It is Glorious in respect of Inward Glory brought unto it of God in the face of Jesus Christ: being beautifull, through the comlinesse that he puts upon it: Hence Christ speaking of it, says, How faire art thou O love for delights, Canticles, 7: 6. and thou art all fair my love, there is no spot in thee, Chap. 4 7. and how I pray comes that about, why Christ washeth it in his own blood, that it might be wholly a glorious Church, Ephes. 5. 26 27. And further he being the branch of the Lord, and fruit of the earth is made beauty and Glory, Excellency and Comlinesse thereunto. Psal. 4. 2.