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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07186	Sions svveets, or, The spouses spikenard; and mysticall myrrhe / by Thomas Barnes, preacher of Gods vvord at St Margretts in New-fifth-street. London..	Barnes, Thomas, Minister of St. Margaret's, New Fish Street, London.	1624 (1624)	STC 1477.5; ESTC S124289	64,452	85

Salomon and c Isa 9.6 Prince of peace And so our Observation must be this That the husband of the Church Christ Iesus is a King This is a knowne Maxime in the proofe whereof the Scripture is no whit barren The Psalmist Doct. 1. Christ the Churches Spouse is a King speaking in the person of the Church calleth him d Psal 47.7 our King Daniel calleth him e Dan. 9.25 Messiah the Prince And f Chap. 12.1 Michaell the great Prince S. Iohn in one place of the Revelation stileth him the Prince of the Kings of the earth g Apoc. 1.5 and in another the King of Kings the Lord of Lords h Chap. 19.16 Herewith squareth that of Ieremy i Iere. 23.5 Behold the daies come saith the Lord that I will raise vnto Dauid a righteous branch and a KING shall raigne and prosper and shall execute iudgement and iustice vpon the earth The same thing spake the Angell to Mary concerning Christ k Luk. 1.33 He shall raigne over the house of David and of his kingdome shall be none end All these testimonies with many other which might haue beene alledged doe manifestly shew this to be a truth That Christ Iesus Sions Spouse is a King How Christ is a King two wayes And if we would know how he came by this Kingly office which must be answered before the poynt be applyed wee must vnderstand that he is a King two wayes First By dominion of himselfe Secondly By donation from another 1. First by dominion and authoritie of himselfe and so he is Iehovah God equall with the Father and the holy Ghost in vnitie of essence equalitie of potency maiestie glory and soveraigntie over all creatures 2. He is a King by donation and gift receiuing the kingdome as he is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Mediator of the Church from the Father in which regard he is called Messiah in the olde Testament and Christ in the new which signifie Annoynted that is Annoynted of the Father and so much he testifieth himselfe l Mat. 11.27 All things and * Chap. 28.28 All power both in heaven and in earth are giuen me of my Father Thus the poynt is made good and made cleere It is as vsefull as plaine Vse 1 For first of all it lets vs see the notable dignitie of the Church of Christ To heare the Psalmist calling her the DAVGHTER of the King m Psal 45.13 to heare Salomon stiling her the Princes DAVGHTER n Cant. 7.1 is to heare her dignitie vnmatchable but to heare her her selfe as shee is the WIFE of Christ stiling him the King in my Text to heare Christ the King calling her his Spousesse his loue his doue his vndefiled one c. as he doth in more places of this Booke then one this is to heare her excellency to be vnutterable What honour can be paralelled with it What dignitie is comparable to it Behold saith S. Iohn to stirre vp attention what manner of loue the Father hath bestowed vpon vs that we should be called the sonnes of God o 1 Ioh. 3.1 Behold may I say to stirre vp admiration what singular kindnes the sonne hath showne the Church that shee should be the Wife of God If by the grace of adoption to be the BRETHREN of Christ can command a Behold at our hands then by the vertue of an holy coniunction to be the BRIDE of Christ must needs call for a Behold and wonder at our hands And to speake truth so wonderfull is this dignitie that except by an Allegorie I cannot set it forth We know that that Woman which hath an earthly King to her husband excelleth all other degrees of Women though great and noble in the Land where shee liueth in divers particulars For shee hath a more noble Guard to attend her more royall Garments to array her more c●stly Iewels to adorne her more stately Pallaces to inhabite in more pleasant Galleries to walke vpon then they haue or at least then its fit they should haue And doth not that p Apoc. 12.1 Woman cloathed with the Sunne I meane the q So Paraeus and others expound it Church who is contracted to the Heavenly King excell all other sorts and societies of people in the like Out of doubt shee doth Emperors with all their Monarchies Nobles with all their dignities Captaines with all their Victories Papists with all their prelacies Pagans with all their excellencies are not comparable vnto her Her guard are the Angels of Christ r Psal 34.7 Heb. 1.14 Her garments are the robes of Christ ſ Apoc. 12.1 Her iewels are the graces or Christ Her dwelling place is the kingdome of Christ of grace here of glory hereafter Her walking places are the wayes of Christ for it is onely the priviledge of Christians to tread in the steps of their soveraigne and Saviour Well then might the Psalmist say Glorious things are spoken of thee thou Citie of God t Psal 87.3 I know what opinion the world hath of the Church deeming her of all people to be the basest O nunquam satis expensam credentium dignitatem Muscul in Explana Psal 45. v. 9. Obs 2. even the very scumme and refuse of men I know also that her owne members in the time of temptation thinke more hardly of themselues then there is either cause or warrant But whatsoever the world thinkes of her whatsoever poore Christians in the times of distresse thinke of themselues yet it is a certaine thing that great honour haue all the Saints u Psal 149.9 the poynt in hand informeth vs of no lesse when it saith that Israels husband is a King Vse 2 Secondly this poynt is not without its Vse for the enemies of the Church For the enemies of Sion For first it may be bent AGAINST them by way of terror Secondly it may be directed To them by way of counsell 1. By way of terror First I say it may be a ground of terrour AGAINST them for the wrongs that they offer to the members of Christ Ah poore wretches are they aware whom they oppose consider they whom they set against they persecute wrong oppugne them who are the Wife of Christ Iesus a glorious Bride whose husband is a King King not onely by donation from the Father but also by dominion of himselfe Meane men yee know if they loue their Wiues will not see them wronged if they can helpe it much lesse will Kings brooke the iniuries that are offered their Queenes That treason which is spoken or plotted against them they take as done to themselues and will be revenged for it And will the King of Kings that Great Prince Christ Iesus doe lesse for his Wife the Church No no he paide too deare a price for her as not to maintaine her cause and avenge her quarrell and if he vndertakes to defend her then woe to those that offend her Better a