Psalms 48:2-3

Beautiful and distinguished indeed is the church, the gospel church of Jesus. Is this Zion, said some of old, whom no man looketh after? Yes! But where are those cities the world hath been running after? Where is Babylon? Where is Nineveh? Where is Tyre? What is become of all the great monarchies of the earth: the Egyptian, the Assyrian, the Grecian, Persian, Roman? Alas! not a vestige remains. But glorious things are spoken of thee, thou city of God. Psalms 87:3. Reader! do not, I pray you, overlook the cause. Was Zion lovely in herself! Was Zion great? Was Zion deserving? No! What was it made her glorious? Jesus had fixed his love upon her. And Jesus tabernacled there. Salvation did God appoint for walls and bulwarks. Isaiah 26:1. Reader, have you so considered Zion! He that founded Zion is Zion's protector; Isaiah 14:32.