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spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing, unto the father at the last day.” The Bush, sirs, is nearly ⟨related⟩ to Christ and dearly bought by him too. She is (illegible text)ted to him as a living root and this is the (illegible text) sole foundation, from whence all ra(illegible text)sture and blessings flow. All the spiritual blessings, that are the property of the Church spring ⟨from⟩ this root alone if you cannot say you are u(illegible text)t to Jesus Christ, you are yet strangers to the ⟨spritual⟩ ⟨sap⟩ and juice that is in him. If you have Union with this blessed root, you have no com(illegible text) with him in houness of his nature, the ⟨righteousness⟩ of his life and the satisfaction he made (illegible text) law and justice for sin; you have no interest in (illegible text) triumphant ascension to heaven, and his preva(illegible text)ssion within the vail. and so must needs (illegible text)n very dismal and lamentable situation. O sirs, you are by nature united unto sin and Satan, so ⟨endeavour⟩ by grace, to be enjoined therefrom, and ⟨united⟩ to Jesus Christ the living and life giving root.
3 the Church of Christ is called or compared to Bush Why? Because, as a Bush is not one ⟨branch⟩ but made up of many branches, so, one ⟨Church⟩ of Christ is not one believer, but consists in ⟨many⟩. One branch will not make a Bush; so one ⟨believer⟩ will not make a body to Christ There ⟨are⟩ millions of believers go to make up Christ’s ⟨mystical⟩ body; many branches make up this one ⟨faith⟩ And seeing all believers are branches of one ⟨and⟩ the same Bush, this should teach them union, ⟨harmony⟩ and agreement among themselves. 'is a ⟨most⟩ unnatural like thing to see the members of the ⟨same⟩ body clashing and (illegible text) tugging, with one ⟨another⟩, when they are striving, thro' grace, to hold ⟨the⟩ head, as the expression is, C(illegible text)on, n 19 O you ⟨that⟩ are branches of this Bush, beware of crashing ⟨and⟩ dashing against one another, considering how ⟨seemly⟩ is it to behold the branches destroying the ⟨Bush⟩ 'tis true indeed in a stormy wind, the bran-
