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The unsearchable riches of Christ, and of grace and glory in and through [sic]…The unsearchable riches of Christ, and of grace and glory in and thorow [sic]…
The unsearchable riches of Christ, and of grace and glory in and through [sic] him. Diligently searched into, clearly unfolded, and comfortably holden forth, in fourteen rich gospel sermons preached on several texts, at communions, in Glasgow. / By the late pious & powerful gospel-preacher in that city, Mr. James Durham.The unsearchable riches of Christ, and of grace and glory in and thorow [sic] him. Diligently searched into, clearly unfolded, and comfortably holden forth, in fourteen rich gospel sermons preached on several texts, at communions, in Glasgow. / By the late pious & powerful gospel-preacher in that city, Mr. James Durham.
Glasgow: printed by Robert Sanders, 1685
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But Secondly, what is it that we call you to, when we bid you come to the Marriage; It's not to the Communion only, It's not to any of Christs benefits only, it's not to say at first hand confidently that all is yours, or to have a sure knowledge (as ye call it) and persuasion at the very first that it is so; though I heartily wish that ye may find this Persuasion on solid and good grounds; but it is first and mainly to marry the Bridegroom, and then to come to the Feast: We call you to believe, and we declare in his Name, that if ye will betake your selves to him in good earnest, ye shall be saved: If ye will as it were, put your hand to the Pen, and Subscribe your selves heartily content to take him, ye shall most certainly have him and all his benefits: ye that are Profane take him, but not to live still in your Profanity, but to study Holiness in all manner of conversation in his strength; Ye that are self-righteous take him, but not to live still in the good conceit of your self-righteousness, but to renounce it, and to take him for your righteousness; ye that are blind take him, but not to live still in your blindness, but to grow in grace and in the knowledge of him: whatever ye be, and whatever ill aileth you, take him, but not to continue in the ill, but to get it amended: This sure is no less then to call you to the communion, yea it is more, whether therefore ye come to the Communion or not, we call and invite you all to come to Christ, and to marry Him; which if ye do, we dare Promise you in his name, begun Communion with him here, & full communion with him in Heaven hereafter.
But Secondly, what is it that we call you to, when we bid you come to the Marriage; It's not to the Communion only, It's not to any of Christs benefits only, it's not to say at first hand confidently that all is yours, or to have a sure knowledge (as ye call it) and perswasion at the very first that it is so; though I heartily wish that ye may find this Perswasion on solid and good grounds; but it is first and mainly to marry the Bridegroom, and then to come to the Feast: We call you to believe, and we declare in his Name, that if ye will betake your selves to him in good earnest, ye shall be saved: If ye will as it were, put your hand to the Pen, and Subscribe your selves heartily content to take him, ye shall most certainly have him and all his benefits: ye that are Prophane take him, but not to live still in your Profanity, but to study Holiness in all manner of conversation in his strength; Ye that are self-righteous take him, but not to live still in the good conceit of your self-righteousness, but to renounce it, and to take him for your righteousness; ye that are blind take him, but not to live still in your blindness, but to grow in grace and in the knowledge of him: whatever ye be, and whatever ill aileth you, take him, but not to continue in the ill, but to get it amended: This sure is no less then to call you to the communion, yea it is more, whether therefore ye come to the Communion or not, we call and invite you all to come to Christ, and to marry Him; which if ye do, we dare Promise you in his name, begun Communion with him here, & full communion with him in Heaven hereafter.