B02840:266
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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Secondly, We see, that Heart-melting towards God and seriousness to make up the breach of a broken Covenant betwixt a People and him, conduce natively to make the hearts of those that have been divided and set at variance from one another, in much warmness of love to unite and sweetly to join together: It's from this, that Israel and Judah become one Stick in the Lords hand, Ezek. 37. This makes them as melted metal to run close ⟨p. 186⟩together, as it were, into one Lump: though it was a long continued Schism, and had much bitterness attending it: yet when their hearts are touched with a Sense of sin and of a broken Covenant, their former differences and animosities evanish: softness of heart in the sense of by gone sin, would silence many things among us; that all disputings, writings and Printings will not be able to do: Pray for this to the Land, as the most effectual mean and way of curing out divisions, and of uniting us in the Lord: It Joins Judah and Israel together, whose breach was much greater, and of far longer continuance then ours.
Secondly, We see, that Heart-melting towards God and seriousness to make up the breach of a broken Covenant betwixt a People and him, conduce natively to make the hearts of those that have been divided and set at variance from one another, in much warmness of love to unite and sweetly to join together: It's from this, that Israel and Judah become one Stick in the Lords hand, Ezek. 37. This makes them as melted mettall to run close ⟨p. 186⟩together, as it were, into one Lump: though it was a long continued Schisme, and had much bitterness attending it: yet when their hearts are touched with a Sense of sin and of a broken Covenant, their former differences and animosities evanish: softness of heart in the sense of by gone sin, would silence many things among us; that all disputings, writings and Printings will not be able to do: Pray for this to the Land, as the most effectuall mean and way of curing out divisions, and of uniting us in the Lord: It Joins Judah and Israel together, whose breach was much greater, and of far longer continuance then ours.