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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
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Thirdly, We make Proclamation of this bargain to you, and avouch, that there is Salvation offered to sinners, and to be had through Jesus Christ: the Lord alloweth and warranteth us to make this Proclamation, as well as he did Jeremiah, when he saith to him, Chap. 3.12. Go and Proclaim these words towards the North, return thou back-sliding Israel, and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon thee, for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and will not keep anger for ever: He alloweth, nay he Peremptorily Commandeth that ye should be put to it: and therefore when we have laid the Covenant before you: what say ye to it, what will ye do? We must have an answer from you: ye have his word and Oath for confirmation of it: O Believe and take hold of it, and ye shall get the seal from us as his Commissioners; who treat with you, according to our Commission, in his Name; And here we must be particular, and be ye particular with your selves: take and receive what we say to you with a warrant, as the word of the Lord, for it is no less his Word now, then it was when Jeremiah and the other Prophets spoke it, when the Apostles spoke it, yea When Christ spake it himself: It's the same Covenant and the same word, that this day is preached to you; The Lord calls us to stir up our selves, and to say in good earnest, Come let us join our selves to him in a Perpetual Covenant, 1. The party inviting is the Lord Jehovah in the Mediator, and sure he is a ⟨p. 262⟩most, yea the most excellent Party; thy maker (saith he Isai. 54.8.) is thy Husband. 2. There are in this Covenant excellent Promises: God is content to be your God and to take you for his people and Spouse, to Pardon your iniquity, to heal your back-slidings, to Sanctify and save you, and to make you eternally happy: and are not these desirable? 3. It calls you to give your selves up to him: and indeed it is very reasonable, that if the husband give himself to the wife, she should give her self to him. Are ye then content to treat with God in the Mediator, and to be his on his own terms? It is good to meet and treat with God in him. Have ye any ground to except against this? Doth it please or displease you? say to it, tell your mind? For I declare to you, that if ye get him to be yours, you must needs be his. I fear many of you stand and stick at this, notwithstanding the high reasonableness of it:
Thirdly, We make Proclamation of this bargain to you, and avouch, that there is Salvation offered to sinners, and to be had through Jesus Christ: the Lord alloweth and warranteth us to make this Proclamation, as well as he did Jeremiah, when he saith to him, Chap. 3.12. Go and Proclaim these words towards the North, return thou back-sliding Israel, and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon thee, for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and will not keep anger for ever: He alloweth, nay he Peremptorily Commandeth that ye should be put to it: and therefore when we have laid the Covenant before you: what say ye to it, what will ye do? We must have an answer from you: ye have his word and Oath for confirmation of it: O Believe and take hold of it, and ye shall get the seal from us as his Commissioners; who treat with you, according to our Commission, in his Name; And here we must be particular, and be ye particular with your selves: take and receive what we say to you with a warrant, as the word of the Lord, for it is no less his Word now, then it was when Jeremiah and the other Prophets spoke it, when the Apostles spoke it, yea When Christ spake it himself: It's the same Covenant and the same word, that this day is preached to you; The Lord cals us to stir up our selves, and to say in good earnest, Come let us joyn our selves to him in a Perpetuall Covenant, 1. The party inviting is the Lord Jehovah in the Mediator, and sure he is a