Ver%4. AnExpofizion ofthe 27. Pfalrne. 27 true members of his Church : as Pfal. 147. 19, 28. Hee fbeweth his word unto 2acob, his f atutes andhisjudgements unto Ifrael : Hebath not dealtfo Withany nation, (-c. with Exod. 19. 5. re /hall bea peculiar treafure untome, above allpeople. And therefore they , that are out of the Church, are faid to be without Cbrill , and without God in the world. Ephef 2. i 2. and cannot receive the holy Ghoft, who is the true fanc`fifier and comforter, soh. 14.17. Behold then the priviledge of the Church , and of the What the pri- true members thereof : the true God , who is one in effence ' vilChurch edge oisf the . three in perfons, as God,is their Lord and King, which is a great groundof their truehappineffe. The Q2eenofSheba accountedSolomons fervants happy, in having a King fo e- minent for wifedome, i Kings io. 8. But behold, agrea- ter then Solomon U. here, Matth. 12.42. a King and Mailer in his Church, who can give deliverance bycommand, Pfd. 44.4. and will honour all his faithful! fervants. 7oh.12.26. where Iam, therealfo'hall myfervant be. Ifany manferve me, him will my father honour : fo Luke 1 2. 37, 43, 44. More particularly, God the father is in Chrifi theirfather, 2 Cor. 6. 18. ?ohn 20. 17. even the father ofmercies : 2 Cor. I. 3. who will take noticeof the wants of hischil- dren , and make fupply upon their fober, and fanc`Iified ufe oflawful! means , iffirfl and chiefly they feek heavenlyblef- fings. c. *tatth.6.3 2, 3 3. and what is wanting in their tem- porall e, ate, he will fully make out in their eternall. Luke 12. 32. Alfo God the fonne is, in and to his Church,a blef- fed faviour and redeemer : he is the head unto his Church, which i his body. .kph. 1.22, 23. and the faviour of his body. Eph, 5.23. See Luke 2.10,11. Ifa. 49.6. 8. Yea he is an husbandunto their fouls. Ifa. 54. 5. Thymaker is thine husband. -Ifa. 62. 4, 5. Thy land'hall bemarried. As a young man marrieth avirgin -- andas the bridegroom re- joyceth over the bride ,fofhallthy God rejoyce over thee.And God the holy Ghoft is, tohis Church, a bleffed fanc`'cifier and comforter, the fpirit of grace and lupplications. Zech. 12. IC). And becaufeye arefonnes , God bathPent forth the E 2 Jiirlt
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