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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.
SERMON II.
Our Blessed Lord Jesus is now near taking leave of his Apostles, and preparing them for the storm they were to meet with; and for the consolation of them and of all his followers to the end of the World, He instituteth this Ordinance of the Communion, to be His Love-token in His absence; that all his People might be confident of his respect to them, as well as to those then Present; and that all of them might thereby be put and kept in the Remembrance of him, till his coming again.
OUr Blessed Lord Jesus is now near taking leave of his Apostles, and preparing them for the storm they were to meet with; and for the consolation of them and of all his followers to the end of the World, He instituteth this Ordinance of the Communion, to be His Love-token in His absence; that all his People might be confident of his respect to them, as well as to those then Present; and that all of them might thereby be put and kept in the Remembrance of him, till his coming again.
He hath given them a Massive and marrowy Sum of the Gospel in the words immediately Preceding; This Cup (saith he) is my Blood of the New Testament shed for the Remission of the sins of many; To which he subjoins, partly for warning, partly for Consolation, these now read, But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of the fruit of the Vine, till I drink it new with you in my Fathers Kingdom: as if he had said, though now we be ⟨p. 332⟩sitting here at the Communion-Table heartsomely together, I tell you, that I and ye will have no mo Communions here on earth; The particle But is to give them a watch-word; and yet according to his blessed manner and wont, he hath the best word hindmost, and tells them glad news on the back of it; For they might say, Woe's us, sweet Master, will we never meet again at a Communion? think not so, saith he; we shall yet meet again and have a sweet Communion in Heaven: This then is a very heartsome dismiss: though he sends them away, advertising them of a storm coming, and though they knew not well what was before them; yet he heartens and encourages them with a Promise, that they shall have this Wine new, or the thing signified by it, with a far other relish, in Glory: and that then he and they should have good days of it: I shall say no more to the exposition, scope, or Division of the words. Take this one Doctrine from them, and then a few things on the Connection, for Use.