MySifler,mySpouje. 1 45 I tfi!tySiffer,mySpoufe~ [ SEl~M.II. The church is the Daughter ofaKmg, begotten T'- ·z ,_ j ,/' . b . 1 r,e (. ~urcf:!er of God, the Siffer, and Spou{e ()J ~ Ktng) · tcau[e royalldejcent: fue is rheSijler,andSpoujeofChrift,and the Mo~ ther of all tharare fpiriruall Kings ; the: Church of Chrift is every way Royal!. Therefore,1ve t~re Kings, hecarife weare cbriflians. Hence the HolyGhofi clothadd here to Sijltr, Speu_fo:indeed taking the advantage of fuch Relations as are moll: comfortable to fet out the excellent and tr:mfcendent Relation that is between Ch,rifi and his Church, all other are not what they are termed fo mu~h,&s glaffes to fee better things. Riches,Beauty ,tYvl arriage,Nobility,&c. are fcarce . worthy of their names; thefe are but Titles,afld empty things, though our bafe nature make great matters ofthem;yet the re11lity ~ndfidJjlance of all thefeare in heavenly things. Trut: Riches are the heavenlyGrdCes; trueNohility is tobehorne ofGod,robe theSifl~r and Spoufe ofChrifl:. True pleafores arethofeofthc Spirit, which endure for ever, and will ftand by us, when all out~ard comforts will 'vanifh, That myfticall unionand why the vari. -fweet communion is fet down with fuch variety e,ty of chriftt f ~ fh h h r; . fl d ove to t be o expremons~to ew,t at w at 1 oever u cattere · church is (oJiin the creature fiverally, is inhim intirely.. He is 'lJ.erfly expref.. b_oth aFriend, and a.Brother, 3 Head, and aH~Mfed. bandto us, therefore he takes the names of all· J whence we may obferve further, That, tj!!_.. cbtJJ:£fU!A~~ ~pot~.J.f.fhijl. It \Olferv. , fprings m\t of him, even as Eve taken out of 1 l/1dams Rib; (fo theSpouje of(hrift) was taken out
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