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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.
The Use Serves to show, That the great Scope which ye should now have before you, is to have a broken Covenant made up with God; It should be your main design to put this grand business to a point, that there may be no war, but a standing League betwixt God and you: And therefore, wh• ever they be that satisfy themselves with going about the Ordinances & misken this, they certainly ⟨p. 205⟩mistake the mark; The great matter is not to come to the Communion, neither is it to win at somewhat of heart softness, or to a little sense, which are good; but it's really to be in Covenant with God; to be able to say on good ground, The Lord is my God: My beloved […] mine and I am his; And when he saith, Return backsliding Children, to be in case to answer with the heart; behold we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God; •his is indeed a desirable thing; and he is an unhappy man that doth not, that will not heartily desire and seek after it.
The Use Serves to show, That the great Scope which ye should now have before you, is to have a broken Covenant made up with God; It should be your main designe to put this grand business to a point, that there may be no war, but a standing League betwixt God and you: And therefore, wh• ever they be that satisfie themselves with going about the Ordinances & misken this, they certainly ⟨p. 205⟩mistake the mark; The great matter is not to come to the Communion, neither is it to win at somewhat of heart softness, or to a little sense, which are good; but it's really to be in Covenant with God; to be able to say on good ground, The Lord is my God: My beloved 〈…〉 mine and I am his; And when he saith, Return backsliding Children, to be in case to answer with the heart; •ehold we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God; •his is indeed a desirable thing; and he is an unhappie man that doth not, that will not heartily desire and seek after it.