More from Owen on the Church and her Lord:



When He should come to take possession of this house, he finds that it is mortgaged, and that a great debt lies upon it; which he must pay to the utmost farthing, if he ever intend to have it . . . . Jesus Christ being the heir, the right of redemption belonged to him. It was not for his honor that it should lie unredeemed. Full well he knew that if he did not, the whole creation was too beggarly to make this purchase. . . . He likes the house, and will have it to dwell in, whatever it cost Him. "Here," says He, "shall be my habitation, and my dwelling for ever." (Psalm 132)