B02840:363
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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and therefore we put you to it peremptorily as to these Three. 1 As to the thing, that when he invites, ye come, when he offers, ye receive and give th• Lord your answer, not a nay say, but a yea, as ye wi• be answerable: and upon your saying Yea to this Cov• nant on his Terms, we declare in his Name, that […] ⟨p. 267⟩says Yea in taking in the sinner that fleeth unto him. 2. As to the whole of the thing; for ye must not half Gods Covenant; but as ye accept of God to be yours, so ye must give up your selves to him to be his; and as ye take Christ for paying of your debt; So also ye must take him to help you to do your du•ie; take all therefore, and submit your selves entirely to him in this Covenant. 3. As to the time, ye must do all this presently; for the Lord doth not allow us to give you an hour, or to promise to treat with you one hour after this; It's now, come and let us join our selves to the Lord; It's no difficult thing that ye are called to; It's to believe with the heart, and to confess with the mouth our Lord Jesus Christ, as it is, Rom. 10.9. The Object is Christ: the Condition is Faith, whereby he is griped and taken hold of, and which goeth out towards him in the word: And so ye have no more ado, but when the offer and Promise comes out, to accept and subscribe, and to say, I am the Lords, I will be his, to be saved by his Righteousness and made Holy by his Grace, both which are contained in the Covenant; I am content to be beholden to him both for Holiness and happiness; and it shall be a bargain. The Lord himself persuade you to do so, and that presently without delaying, dallying, or shifting and off putting.
and therefore we put you to it peremptorily as to these Three. 1 As to the thing, that when he invites, ye come, when he offers, ye receive and give th• Lord your answer, not a nay say, but a yea, as ye wi• be answerable: and upon your saying Yea to this Cov• nant on his Terms, we declare in his Name, that 〈…〉