...relation subsisting between the head and the members of the body. He is described by the apostle Paul a$ " the head, from which all the body, by joints " and...together, increaseth with the increase of " God."* The head is the noblest part of the body, the centre of life, of feeling, and motion. In it the nerves...

...the natural head is to its members, the same he is to the members of his spiritual body : for he is the Head, from which all the body, by joints and bands,...knit together, increaseth with the increase of God. And for the ministering of proper nourishment and influence to his members, he has all power in heaven...

...present, or things to come ; all are yours; Ver, 23. And ye are Christ's ; and Christ is God's. Col., ii.. 19.. And not holding the head, from which all the...ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase nf God. c 1 Thess. v. 11. Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify C ,5 one.. II. Saints, by...

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...same from Christ, whom the Father has constituted the head of influences to all his members, Col. ii. 19. " And not holding the head, from which all the...by joints and bands having nourishment ministered," or supplied, &c. " Now, this supply is the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ," Phil. i. 19. The...

...preach against the constraining influence of the law of the Spirit, which binds the church to Christ the head, "from which all the body by joints and bands...having nourishment ministered, and knit together, i*Vcreaseth with the increase of God." They cast Zion's cords from them; they either oppose the gospel...

...the church, and the church is the body of Christ. Hence some are sharply rebuked for not holding this head, from which all the body by joints and bands, having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increased with the increase of God, Col. ii. 19- The neck, therefore, is the emblem of union between...

...his church ; Eph. i. 22, a head not only of government, but of quickening influence ; for from him all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered and knit together, increaaeth with the increase of God. Col. ii. 19. It is therefore by his own hands that all the blessings...

...Father has constituted the head of influences to all his membrrs, Col. ii. 19. ." And not holding-thc head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered," or supplied, fJV. " Now, this supply is the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ," Phil. i. 19. The...

...the edifying of itself in love. (Eph. iv. 15, 16.) A,ndy in another 'place, he speaks of hold" ing the head, from which all the body, by joints and bands,, having nourishment minisford and knit together, increas'eih with the increase of God. (Col. ii. !#•) :o Thus. it appears,...