B02840:184
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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and to do all this with Holy coveting to do it better, praying that his will may be done on earth, as it is done in Heaven. Thirdly, A believer may be said to have his Conversation, and you are called to have yours in Heaven, in respect of a Heavenly walk, and as having a heavenly impress on all your Conversation: to be walking as it were in Heaven, and as if Holiness to the Lord were written on your foreheads: which being very comprehensive takes in these, First to have the heart fixed in meditating on God and his law, on Spiritual and Heavenly things, to have a sublime and divine strain of mind, not debasing it self to pursue vanities; but kept in a close and constant pursuit after Communion with God and conformity to him; to be in case to say with David, Psal. 139. When I awake I am still with thee: Labouring to leave the heart ⟨p. 117⟩and mind in Heaven, when ye lie down, and seeking to find it there, when ye arise. 2. To have your affections, love, desires and delights in Heaven, or heavenly. 3. To have your words savouring of Heaven; Ministering Grace to the hearers; endeavouring to have your words weighty and grave in the commendation of God and his Grace. 4. To have your hearing of the word, and your praying, carrying much of a heavenly stamp and impression on them; hearing, as if God were speaking to you Immediately from heaven, and praying; as if ye were even before his Throne. 5. In your more common and ordinary Conversation, as in your Eating and Drinking, in your recreating, and in following your lawful callings and employments, even the very coursest and lowest of them, to propose to your selves another end, then the men of the world do, making that your main end to Glorify God; and to have such a heavenly and Divine way of going about these, as may be convincing, edifying and gaining of on-lookers; not to be predominantly influenced by selfish humours, designs or interests, looking only, or mainly, to what may please or profit your selves, but levelling all at the Glory of God, and the edification and good of others, as well as your own. Fourthly, We may be said to have our Conversation in Heaven, when we have a Holy commerce and trading (as it were) with Heaven; as a man is said to converse in France or Spain, when he trades and trafliques there; So, to have converse in Heaven, is Spiritually to traffic there;
and to do all this with Holy coveting to do it better, praying that his will may be done on earth, as it is done in Heaven. Thirdly, A believer may be said to have his Conversation, and you are called to have yours in Heaven, in respect of a Heavenly walk, and as having a heavenly impresse on all your Conversaion: to be walking as it were in Heaven, and as if Holiness to the Lord were written on your foreheads: which being very comprehensive takes in these, First to have the heart fixed in meditating on God and his law, on Spirituall and Heavenly things, to have a sublime and divine strain of mind, not debasing it self to pursue vanities; but kept in a close and constant pursuit after Communion with God and conformity to him; to be in case to say with David,