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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.
Fourthly, Let us see how the Gospel puts all this to the Market; so that, where it comes, those that are called must either close the bargain, or it will be their own fault. First, it Proclaims the Fair (as it were) to all round about, that there are such wares to be had, and at such a Price, the rarest and richest wares and Commodities, and at the cheapest rates that ever the world heard tell of. 2. It doth not only Proclaim, but invite and double the invitation to come. 3. It not only invites, but puts the invitation so home, that People must either make the price, (to say so, though it may be soon made, there being in effect no price) and buy, or refuse the Bargain: If they will not be at the Pains to come in to the shop, as it were, It brings forth the wares and lays them down in the Market-place, and (as it were) on Stands in the street: and cries, Come, buy, come and enter the Covenant freely: and this it ⟨p. 145⟩doth by a frank offer, by earnest and persuasive inviting, and by the easy Conditions that it proposeth the bargain on: It stands in a manner with arms stretched out, ready to receive all comers very freely, whatever their Poverty, wants and necessities be: It craves no more but that we willingly take what he offers to put in our hand: The righteousness of Faith saith not, who shall ascend to Heaven, or shall descend to the depth? there is nothing now to be suffered, nor to be Purchased by any more suffering: But the word is near thee in thy heart and in thy mouth: It lays the ware at our very door (as it were) So that we have no more to do, but to stoop down and take it up: but heartily to say the word, and it is a bargain.
Fourthly, Let us see how the Gospel puts all this to the Market; so that, where it comes, those that are called must either close the bargain, or it will be their own fault. First, it Proclaimes the Fair (as it were) to all round about, that there are such wares to be had, and at such a Price, the rarest and richest wares and Commodities, and at the cheapest rates that ever the world heard tell of. 2. It doth not only Proclaim, but invite and double the invitation to come. 3. It not only invites, but puts the invitation so home, that People must either make the price, (to say so, though it may be soon made, there being in effect no price) and buy, or refuse the Bargain: If they will not be at the Paines to come in to the shop, as it were, It brings forth the wares and lays them down in the Market-place, and (as it were) on Stands in the street: and cryes, Come, buy, come and enter the Covenant freely: and this it