B02840:316
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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therefore they say, let it be a Perpetual Covenant never to be forgotten: It's good to fear in the very time. Thirdly, This seriousness is in respect of Peoples duty; It makes them pray that never prayed before to Purpose; It makes them examine themselves, Meditat, Read and confer that never knew before what it was to be taken up with those duties: Therefore we find this People going and seeking the Lord and exciting one another: they are put to their feet, and to reaching forward, so that they leave nothing undone, whereby they may attain the end. Fourthly, This Seriousness appears in the manner of their going about duties: there is another edge, then was wont to be on their prayers, Self-Judging, and wrestling with God: they are much like to Jacob: they will not let the Lord go till he bless them: they will still wrestle, though it should be all the night: they cannot find in their heart to part with him on any terms: and (as the word is, Isaiah. 64.) they shall stir up themselves to take hold of him: they are not only going but weeping: they are not for the fashion in the work: they seek the Lord and stir up one another to do so: May we then ask you, are ye thus in earnest making for the Communion? Nay (for this is not all) are ye thus in earnest about Covenanting with God? which must proceed and go before, if things be right: It were good preparation, to have our very hearts moving and fluttering (as it were) within us to be at this.
therefore they say, let it be a Perpetuall Covenant never to be forgotten: It's good to fear in the very time. Thirdly, This seriousness is in respect of Peoples dutie; It makes them pray that never prayed before to Purpose; It makes them examine themselves, Meditat, Read and conferr that never knew before what it was to be taken up with those duties: Therefore we find this People going and seeking the Lord and exciting one another: they are put to their feet, and to reaching forward, so that they leave nothing undone, whereby they may attain the end. Fourthly, This Seriousness appears in the manner of their going about duties: there is another edge, then was wont to be on their prayers, Self-Judging, and wrestling with God: they are much like to Jacob: they will not let the Lord go till he bless them: they will still wrestle, though it should be all the night: they cannot find in their heart to part with him on any terms: and (as the word is, Isaiah. 64.) they shall stirr up themselves to take hold of him: they are not only going but weeping: they are not for the fashion in the work: they seek the Lord and stirr up one another to do so: May we then ask you, are ye thus in earnest making for the Communion? Nay (for this is not all) are ye thus in earnest about Covenanting with God? which must preceed and go before, if things be right: It were good preparation, to have our very hearts moving and fluttering (as it were) within us to be at this.