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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.
The great Doctrine, Then, implied is this, That Believers will have a sweet Communion in Christs Fathers Kingdom, in Heaven. This is Expressly in the Text, and confirmed by other Scriptures, as namely, Luke 22.29. Ye are they that have continued with me in my Temptations, and I appoint unto you a Kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me: That ye may eat and Drink at my Table in my Kingdom: This is that Communion, even a partaking of Christs Glory in his Fathers Kingdom, and with him in it; and John 17. vers. 22. The Glory which thou gavest me I have given them; and vers. 24. Father I will that they whom thou hast given me may be with me to Behold my Glory, which thou hast given me; which words set forth, not only the certainty of the thing; a glorious place and day, and the excellency ⟨p. 333⟩of the Feast, but also a sort of Peremptoriness in reference thereto, Father I will, saith he: when he Prayed, that the Cup might depart from him, he does it Conditionally and with submission; but when he prays for Communion in Glory to him and his followers, there is no Submission (to speak so) because it was according to the Covenant of Redemption, and therefore he is absolute and Holily peremptory in it, And the Father hears him always: So in the Epistles written to the seven Churches of Asia, Rev. 2. and 3. It is Promised by our Lord, to him that overcometh, that he will give him the hidden Manna, the white stone, and New Name; to sit with him on his Throne: Let all Believers on earth be gathered together, they cannot tell what this is, what a Manna what a Communion this will be; it quite transcends all experience, all expression and conception: Only in the Text 'its called, 1. Wine, which is a very cordial thing, 'tis Meat indeed and Drink indeed. 2. It's called new Wine; we taste of it here, but it's new and hath another relish there. 3. 'Tis in a sweet place, not in any Earthly house or upper Chamber, not in a material Temple made with hands, but in Christs Fathers Kingdom, that new Jerusalem, that Tabernacle of God, where God dwelleth with Angels and Glorified Saints; the City paved with pure Gold; the Gates whereof are Pearl; the foundations of the Wall whereof are garnished with all manner of Precious stones; which hath no Sun, but the Glory of God and of the Lamb is the light thereof.