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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. That it be first laid in the Building: It were a course exceeding preposterous, first to build a House, and then to lay the Foundation. Jesus Christ is the first that is laid in this holy fabric: and that in a fourfold Respect.
1. That it be first laid in the Building: It were a course exceeding preposterous, first to build a House, and then to lay the Foundation. Jesus Christ is the first that is laid in this holy fabrick: and that in a fourfold Respect.
1. He is the first, in respect of God's eternal purpose: The Lord purposed that he should have the preeminence in this as well as in all other things, Col. 1. 15. He is in that Respect the first born among many Brethren ⟨p. 13⟩Rom. 8. 29. the Residue of this House, being predestinated to be made conformable unto him: He is before all things, by him all things, (that is all spiritual things, all the things of this House) consist, He is the Head of the Body the Church: this I mean, God purposed that Christ should be the bottom and foundation of this whole building, that it should be all laid on him: I do not mean, that God first intended Christ for a foundation, and then his Elect for a building. The order of Intention and Execution is as to first, and last, inverted by all Agents: but this I say, God purposing to build his Elect into an holy Temple, purposed that Jesus Christ should be the Foundation.
1. He is the first, in respect of God's eternall purpose: The Lord purposed that he should have the preheminence in this as well as in all other things, Col. 1. 15. He is in that Respect the first born among many Brethren ⟨p. 13⟩