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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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Secondly, For furthering and strengthening the consolation, ye would consider, that the Believer who receives Christ as he is offered in the Gospel, though he be a sinner, yet he hath a most sufficient, excellent and unquestionable security for, and right unto all these good things, that our dying Lord Jesus hath comprehended in his Testament: Believing sinners, what security would ye have? ye have Christs word, I say unto you, &c. Ye have Christs Covenant and Testament; This is the Cup of the New Testament in my Blood; and now the Testament is Confirmed and Sealed, so that neither man nor Angel can annul nor alter it; Our Lords Testament being Sealed it stands legally registered in the Court Books of Heaven; and it stands legal on these terms, that a sinner who takes with his sin, disclaims his own righteousness, and betakes himself to Christs ⟨p. 311⟩Righteousness, putting it in the room of his own, for his Justification before God; may be sure of Christs legacy and of Heaven: as it's sure, that Christ suffered, and Instituted this Sacrament for his Confirmation in the Faith of it; the accepting of Christ, the submitting to his righteousness, the yielding to the Covenant, and closing with him on his own terms, gives him a right to Heaven and all the Riches contained in his Testament. To make out this, as being the very thing of the Comfortable Application of all that hath been said, and of what we are further to say; I shall offer these four grounds; The First whereof is, some clear Scriptures, that hold forth so much, viz. That as really they shall have life who rake Christ and his offer, and close with him; as he really suffered and Satisfied the Justice of God for their sins. The First of these Scriptures is Heb. 7.25. Wherefore he is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him; He is an able Saviour, able to the uttermost, and there is not a point of Latitude, longitude or altitude beyond the uttermost; He is able to save them all, and what all? All that will come and make use of him, and give him the credit of his Offices; all that will come unto God by him. A Second is, Rom. 5 20. Where the Apostle out-reasons sin, for holding forth the triumph of free-Grace; Where sin abounded (saith he) Grace did much more abound;
Secondly, For furthering and strengthening the consolation, ye would consider, that the Believer who receives Christ as he is offered in the Gospel, though he be a sinner, yet he hath a most sufficient, excellent and unquestionable security for, and right unto all these good things, that our dieing Lord Jesus hath comprehended in his Testament: Believing sinners, what security would ye have? ye have Christs word, I say unto you, &c. Ye have Christs Covenant and Testament; This is the Cup of the New Testament in my Blood; and now the Testament is Confirmed and Sealed, so that neither man nor Angel can annull nor alter it; Our Lords Testament being Sealed it stands legally registred in the Court Books of Heaven; and it stands legal on these terms, that a sinner who takes with his sin, disclaims his own righteousness, and betakes himself to Christs