A ·St~lnt er aBrute.' i 393· They are. called his .Bdoved, and dearly 1Jdo11ed, DeHt• .33.12. P[P11m6o.-s. & I2].2. c .mt.2. 16. &6.3· &].to.· Hely 11nd Beloved are infeparable. Rom. 4. 7· [ Belo'Jie~ of God~ calledtobeSaints.] CoL3.12. [theeleflofGoa, H@IJandBe-– lo'JJed. J They are the dear'J beloved of his foul, Jer. 12. 7• For they are accepted in the Beiovfti, Eph. I. 6. Even in the BeltJveJ · · Son in whom the F;r,thir is wt/1 pleafed, Matth. 3· 17. & · 17. 5· 4. They are called children , or adoptedfons, GaL4· 6. John 1 , I 2. And hedi[d.tinetb tJrJt to he calledtheir Father, Heb. 12. 9.' Match. 23. 9. 2 Cor. 6, 18. [I willhe aFather tfJ y o.u, and ye foal/ ~e my [oHs and daughters; faith the Lord Almighty.] Mal. 3. 17. He will f}are them, as .a man jpareth his (on :th~.t fervetli him.] 5· They are called alfo the Heirs Df Heaven, Rom. 8. 17, A - . more Honourable heritage then earth affords. · 6. They are calledapeculiar people ta the Lord:~ Tit, 2.. I 4· andbispecuiiartreafure, Exod. 19. 5· Pfal, 135·4· . 7· They are called Kings 11nd Priefts u GrJd, Rev. I. 6. They are a chofengeneration, a Royal Prieft-h~od,a Hvi] N.~tion, apecu~ li11r people, I Pet. 2. 9· 8. Thefand.fied arecalled the Spoufc of Chrifl:, Cant. 4· 8• . to 13, Becaufe of the fimilitude of the holy Cov~nant which they. make with Chritl:, to a marriage Covenant; and becaufe of· the dearnefs of his love to them, and the nearnefs and fweetnefs of his Communion with them, Mat. 21. 2, 4, 9. The Lord is faid ' to be married to them, J er. ~. 14.. And their Mt~~er calls bimfelf their Husband, Ifa. 54· 5. . 9· Yea more, they are called the Mtmbers fJj Chrift, I. Con _ 6. I 5. & I 2. I 2, They are the Body r;f Chrift andmembers in par· ticular. yerf. 27. We arememhers of his body, of ~is fiefh, atJd of hisbone, lovuLmd cherijhcd~y him , as a ma,n d.oth his o111n ' flefh '·; Ephef. S. 2 5, 28, 29.3o, 32. They are kepc by the Lord as the iippleof hiseye, De1:1t. 32. I o. And he thattourhetb themumcheth theapple of his eye, Zech, 2. 8. What nearnefs ! what dcarnefs de thofe terms exprefs ! , 10. Yea they are faid to be onewith Chrifti I .Cor. 6. 17. [.He ··, that isjr;ynedto the Lord is OIJe Jpirit.] John 17. ·2I,22,23 . [That they 4ll may be i!ne, M thou Father art in me, llHd I in theer_, t/ult tht) fl,/fo may be.O'!e in HJ, thllt-the -worJJ TlMJ be/.i~'i/C that tz;ft. ' .
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