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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.
in a word, He is altogether lovely, or (as the word is) all desires: there is nothing that Souls can desire but it is in him: and there is nothing in him, but what has desirableness in it: This is my beloved and this is my Friend (says the Bride) O! ye Daughters of Jerusalem: this is He, he is sure no common or ordinary Beloved: see if among all the beloveds in Heaven or earth there be any like Him: O! Ye despisers and slighters of the Son of God, put your selves to it, Is there any like him to be found? has he not the preference of and the Preeminence above all beloveds? He is the only begotten of the Father full of Grace and truth; He is the mighty God, the wonderful Counsellor, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. It would well become us all to be wondering at him, and to be drawing near to him, to behold Him in his beauty; To go forth and Behold King Solomon with the Crown wherewith his Mother Crowned him in the day of his espousals: O! take a stayed view of him in his Personal excellencies and in the excellent qualifications of this Mediatory Office, and it cannot be that on this ground ye will cast at the Match, Will any of you dare to say it or to abide by it, that ye will not Marry Christ, because ye think nothing of him, or because he is not worthy to be thought of? We suppose none will do so.
in a word, He is altogether lovely, or (as the word is) all desires: there is nothing that Souls can desire but it is in him: and there is nothing in him, but what has desireableness in it: This is my beloved and this is my Friend (says the Bride) O! ye Daughters of Jerusalem: this is He, he is sure no common or ordinary Beloved: see if among all the beloveds in Heaven or earth there be any like Him: O! Ye despisers and slighters of the Son of God, put your selves to it, Is there any like him to be found? has he not the preference of and the Preheminence above all beloveds? He is the only begotten of the Father full of Grace and truth; He is the mighty God, the wonderfull Counseller, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. It would well become us all to be wondering at him, and to be drawing near to him, to behold Him in his beauty; To go forth and Behold King Solomon with the Crown wherewith his Mother Crowned him in the day of his espousals: O! take a stayed view of him in his Personall excellencies and in the excellent qualifications of this Mediatory Office, and it cannot be that on this ground ye will cast at the Match, Will any of you dare to say it or to abide by it, that ye will not Marry Christ, because ye think nothing of him, or because he is not worthy to be thought of? We suppose none will do so.