B02840:143
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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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 ⟨p. 85⟩degree; for the Gospel commands us to be holy as God is Holy, and to be perfect as our Heavenly Father is perfect: It dispenseth with no sin, nor with any degree of any sin, nor with the least Omission of any duty, more then doth the Law. 3. The Authority and obligation, that lies on and binds to Holiness, is no less in the Gospel, then it is in the Law: yea, we may say, that the obligation is in some respect greater.
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 litle 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 aboli•h but to fulfill the Law. 2. It requires Holiness at the same Pitch or in the same ⟨p. 85⟩degree; for the Gospel commands us to be holy as God is Holy, and to be perfect as our Heavenly Father is perfect: It dispenseth with no sin, nor with any degree of any sin, nor with the least Omission of any dutie, more then doth the Law. 3. The Authority and obligation, that lyes on and binds to Holiness, is no less in the Gospel, then it is in the Law: yea, we may say, that the obligation is in some respect greater.