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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.
As for the Second thing Proposed, viz. Some Directions for preventing your turning again to folly, ye may take these few, and the Lord himself put them home with a strong hand. First then, Walk in fear, Serve the Lord in fear, and rejoice before him with trembling; the Wise man sees the evil, but the Fool passeth on and is confident; There is a sort of Spiritual pride, vanity and self-conceit, reigning amongst ordinary Professors, and too much of it Prevailing amongst Believers, that undoes them; are there any of you afraid of Fornication & Adultery, or of turning giddy Sectaries and the like? Your want of fear brings you into the mire, ere ye be aware; Pride goes before Destruction and a Haughty mind before a fall: The little fear that is amongst the most part says, that some black turn (as we use to speak) is in their hands, or some foul fall before ⟨p. 178⟩them: Hence the Apostle, Philip. 2.12. Exhorts, Work out the work of your own Salvation with fear and trembling: and 2 Cor. 7.1. To perfect Holiness in the fear of God. Secondly, Observe well and lay due weight on that exhortation of our Lord, Matth. 26.41. (which hath several directions in it) Watch and Pray, that ye enter not into Temptation; look about you, be not secure, stand by your Post, let nothing go out nor come in without strict examination; and seek (as it were) after its Pass, and set (as it were) a Sentinel at the Port of every sense; And what I say unto you, I say unto all, watch, saith the Lord, Mark. 13.37. Be not secure; watching is a most suitable duty for Christs Soldiers: fail not to join with it much Prayer, not for the fashion, but that which is in the Spirit and fervent; yet lay no weight on it, as if ye could merit any thing by it, but go about it humbly and seriously, in order to the entertaining the life of Grace, sit not up in it, but rather double your diligence. Thirdly, Keep the heart well; heart-ills are the Principal ills; Keep (saith Solomon Prov. 4.) the heart with (or above) all kee•ing; Set your main force to guard it, for there Satan keeps his Court and head-quarter, and thence gives his Orders to the outward senses; dally not with sin in the heart, else it will come a further length. Fourthly, Forget not your engagements, but let the vows of Godly on you, and have due weight with you;