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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.
On PHILIP. 1.27. Only let your conversation be, as becometh the Gospel of Christ.
There are two great works that the Ministers of the Gospel have to do; one is to engage People to Christ, and to persuade them to receive him and close with him; The other is to induce them to walk worthy of him: Col. 2.6. As ye have (saith the Apostle) received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him. Paul through the hand of the Lord with him, had engaged the Philippians to close with Christ, and as it were to conclude the Contract betwixt him and them: and now being aged and in Prison, and not knowing certainly if ever he shall see them again, He commends this to them in a special manner, whether he see them or be absent from them; that only they would let their Conversation ⟨p. 77⟩be, as becometh the Gospel of Christ: As if he had said, ye are privileged with the Gospel, and have embraced it, and are eminent in the Profession thereof; let me therefore beg this of you; that your Conversation may be answerable to it. The adverb only, intimates to them, that this was so necessary and of so great concernment, that in a manner it was their one thing they had to do, In comparison of which, in a manner, they had no other thing else to do, whether he were Present or absent; This in some respect, is all that he requires of them: And the Argument whereby he presseth it is, that whether he come to them or not, he may hear of their affairs; And that he desires and expects, whether he be at Liberty, or in Prison and bonds; that they will thus especially testify their respect to him; which would be more refreshing and acceptable to him, then their Communicating to him in his affliction, beyond all the rest of the Churches, was, and for which he commends them, Chap. 4. And in the close of the verse he instanceth Two Particulars, wherein he would have their Conversation suiting the Gospel; or Two qualifications of a Gospel-Conversation and walk: one is, Unity that they stand fast in one Spirit, Another is, Purity in the Faith; that with one mind they strive together for the Faith of the Gospel.