A90263:77
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Jesus Christ is the Ark of this spiritual House. When the Temple was opened in Heaven, there was seen in the Temple the Ark of Gods Testament, Revel. 11. 10. Jesus Christ made conspicuous to all, who lay much hid under the old Testament, Rom. 3. 25. God is said to set forth Christ to be [Greek or Hebrew], a Propitiation, or Mercy ⟨p. 17⟩seat, for by that very term is the Mercy seat expressed, Heb. 9. 5. He is then the Ark, and the Mercy seat covering it. He then doth those two things:
Jesus Christ is the Ark of this spirituall House. When the Temple was opened in Heaven, there was seen in the Temple the Ark of Gods Testament, Revel. 11. 10. Jesus Christ made conspicuous to all, who lay much hid under the old Testament, Rom. 3. 25. God is said to set forth Christ to be 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, a Propitiation, or Mercy ⟨p. 17⟩seat, for by that very term is the Mercy seat expressed, Heb. 9. 5. He is then the Ark, and the Mercy seat covering it. He then doth those two things:
1. In behalf of this House and every stone thereof, he hides the Law with its condemning power, that nothing from thence shall be laid to their charge. If a man have a suit to be tried in any Court, and a powerful Friend engage himself, that the only Evidence which is against him, shall not be produced, will it not give him encouragement to proceed? In that great and tremendous trial, which is to be above, there is but one principal Evidence against us, which gives lie to all others, which if it be removed, all the rest must fail. This is the Law: Christ as the Ark and Mercy seat hides this Law: it shall not (I speak in respect to this House) be produced at the day of trial: will it not be a great encouragement to them to appear at the Throne of God? Christ hides the Law as being the End of it,