B02840:142
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
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It's extended to and requireth Perfect Holiness, Holiness at the highest pitch, So Matth. 5. Be ye perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect, And 1 Pet. •1.15. Be ye Holy in all manner of Conversation, as God that calleth you is Holy: to be at exact Holiness, even to have it perfect in respect of degree in our design, desire and endeavour, To be Purifying our selves, even as He is pure (as it is 1 John 3.3.) Having Him for our Pattern.
It's extended to and requireth Perfect Holiness, Holiness at the highest pitch, So Matth. 5. Be ye perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect, And 1 Pet. •1.15. Be ye Holy in all manner of Conversation, as God that calleth you is Holy: to be at exact Holiness, even to have it perfect in respect of degree in our designe, desire and endeavour, To be Purifieing our selves, even as He is pure (as it is 1 John 3.3.) Having Him for our Pattern.
If any should here Object. And say: to look on the Gospel thus, as carving out a Christians duty and walk so very exactly, in this extent and at this pitch, makes it appear to be very strict, and to differ little or nothing from the Law; for what more doth that call for? So that this Doctrine seems to be legal. I Answer, This Objection seems to Imply a great mistake; for the difference betwixt the Law and the Gospel, is not so much, if at all, in this; that the Law requires more then the Gospel; but that it requires what it calls for, on another Certification: The Law and the Gospel agree in these Three. 1. The Gospel requires Holiness in as large an extent as the Law, so that whatever is a sin against the Law, is also a sin against the Gospel; For Christ came not to abolish but to fulfil the Law. 2. It requires Holiness at the same Pitch or in the same