A heavenly conference between Christ and Mary after His resurrection. Wherein the intimate familiarity,…

This showeth the dignity of a christian, when he is once in Christ, the excellent, super-excellent transcendent ⟨p. 64⟩glory of a christian. When they told our Saviour Christ, that his Mother and Brethren were to speak with him; saith he, they that hear my word, and do it, they are my Brother and Sister, and my Mother. This is the excellency of a christian that he is of so near a kin to Christ. When we believe Christ, it is all one, as if we ¹conceived Christ, as if we were Brothers to Christ, as if we were of the nearest kindred to him. Nay it is more, he preferreth Mother, before Mother, Brother, before Brother; there; Mother in spirit, before Mother in the flesh, and Brother in spirit, before all other Brothers. Therefore an excellent thing to be a christian.

This sheweth the dignity of a christian, when he is once in Christ, the excellent, super-excellent transcendent ⟨p. 64⟩glory of a christian. When they told our Saviour Christ, that his Mother and Brethren were to speak with him; saith he, they that hear my word, and do it, they are my Brother and Sister, and my Mother. This is the excellency of a christian that he is of so near a kin to Christ. When we believe Christ, it is all one, as if we ¹conceived Christ, as if we were Brothers to Christ, as if we were of the nearest kindred to him. Nay it is more, he preferreth Mother, before Mother, Brother, before Brother; ther; Mother in spirit, before Mother in the flesh, and Brother in spirit, before all other Brothers. Therefore an excellent thing to be a christian.

1. 1Mother, and brother in spirit, is preferred before▪ mother and brother in the flesh.