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Christ crucified, or, The marrow of the gospel, evidently holden forth in LXXII sermons,…
Christ crucified, or, The marrow of the gospel, evidently holden forth in LXXII sermons, on the whole 53. chapter of Isaiah wherein the text is clearly and judiciously opened up ... / by ... James Durham.
Edinburgh: printed by the heir of Andrew Anderson, 1683
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2. It is implied, That Jesus Christ is only to be proposed as the Object of Faith, to be rested on by the Hearers of the Gospel, and as the only ground of their Peace; there is no name that can be mentioned for the salvation of Souls, but this Name only; ly; and there is no other Gospel can be proposed but that which holdeth Him out to People.
2. It is implyed, That Jesus Christ is only to be proposed as the Object of Faith, to be rested on by the Hearers of the Gospel, and as the only ground of their Peace; there is no name that can be mentioned for the salvation of Souls, but this Name only; ly; and there is no other Gospel can be proposed but that which holdeth Him out to People.
3. Observe, (which is much the same with the former Observation, and to which we would speak a little more particularly,) That by the preaching of the Gospel, Jesus Christ is laid before the Hearers of it, as the Object of their Faith, and proposed to be believed upon by them, else there would be no ground of this complaint against them; but where-ever this Gospel is preached, there is Christ is laid, as it were, at the foot or door of every Soul that heareth it, to be believed and rested on; this is the great errand of the Gospel, to propose to People Jesus Christ, as the Object and Ground of Faith, to lay Him down to be rested on for that very end; when the Apostle is speaking Rom. 10.8. of the Doctrine of Faith, he saith, It is not now who shall ascend into heaven, nor who shall descend into the deep, but the word is near thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart; what word is that? the word of faith which we preach; now sayeth he, Christ by the preaching of the Gospel is brought so near folks, that He is brought even to their Hearts, and to their Mouths, so near, that (to speak so) People have no more to do but to stoop and take Him up, or to roll themselves over upon Him; yea, it bringeth Him in to their very Heart, that they have no more to do but to bring up their Heart to consent to close the Bargain, and with the Mouth to make confession of it; and these words are the more considerable, that they are