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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.
So then the great thing that he aims at here, is to commend a heavenly conversation, to these Christian Philippians, & to all that should hear the Gospel, and this excellent piece of it amongst the rest.
So then the great thing that he aimes at here, is to commend a heavenly conversation, to these Christian Philippians, & to all that should hear the Gospel, and this excellent piece of it amongst the rest.
There are only Two things shortly to be cleared, before we proceed further; The First is, What is meant by Conversation here; And the reason of the question is, because the word is so very significant in the Original, that hardly can we get a word in our language to express it by to the life; It's taken from that which signifies a Town-ship, corporation-ship (to speak so) or Burges-ship; and it implies these two things; First, a title to such and such privileges; as those who were Romans or born Citizens of Rome, & whoever were made Burgesses of it; had such and such Privileges attending their Burges-ship. The Second is a suitableness and peculiar manner of living and carrying according to the Laws of that City; as it is often said in ⟨p. 108⟩the book of the Acts of the Apostles, After the manner of the Romans: who had their own laws, customs, and usages: and being applied here in a Spiritual sense, it supposes. 1. A joint interest with the saints, (or being Fellow Citizens with the Saints: As it is Ephes. 2.19.) Who are all Burgesses of the Heavenly Jerusalem, though some of them be, as it were, in the Suburbs and lower Town, and some in the Higher; yet all here below have the same Master and Father with them who are above in Heaven. 2. It supposeth a way, walk, and conversation like Heaven, to be peculiarly endued with a nature, inclinations, desires, designs, and qualifications suitable to heaven: We take it here, especially in the latter sense: because Paul proposeth himself as a pattern to them to imitate; and it holds his suitableness to Heaven.