Gifts and office make no men sons of God; as so, they are but
servants; though these, as ministers and apostles, were servants of
the highest form. It is the church, as such, that is the lady, a
queen, the bride, the Lamb's wife; and prophets, apostles, and
ministers are but servants, stewards, laborers for her good.
As therefore the lady is above the servant, the queen above the
steward, or the wife above all her husband's officers, so is the
church, as such, above these officers.