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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.
for it shall be full; then shall we Satisfyingly know the love of Christ that passeth knowledge, and be filled with all the fullness of God; this water of Life will Satisfy to the full the greatest thirst of such as long for Christ; there shall not be (to speak so) an empty Corner in the most capacious Soul; thou Poor hungry and thirsty, Empty and indigent Believing Soul shalt then be full and kept full (according to Creature capacity) to the very Brim; and thy heart that is now narrow and straitened, shall be widened end enla ged then, to take in this sweet and Satisfying: there shall not be one vessel in Glory, but it shall be filled brimful with the new Wine of these strong Consolations of God, being dilated, Capacitated, Elevated and enlarged for that very end. Fourthly, This Communion is uninterrupted, there shall be nothing to mar it, no Cross, no Sin, no Temptation to sin, For no unclean thing enters within the Gates of the new Jerusalem, no Curse no Cry in those Streets, no weeping, no Sorrow, no sighing for any thing past, nor Horror nor fear from the apprehension of any evil coming: nor any the least mis-turning of the Lambs Song of Praise; the heart shall (to speak so) be so stringed and bended, as it shall never again slack in its bent, but be still kept at its highest note, our Harps shall never hang any more on the Willows, but we shall keep them still in our hand chanting the Praises of the Redeemer to that new Heavenly Tune never heard on earth, with Psalms of victory in our hands and Crowns of Glory on our heads, ⟨p. 336⟩following the Lamb whithersoever He goes. Fifthly, It is an Eternal communion, we shall drink for ever with him and be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of his house, and made Holily drunk with the River of his pleasures, with whom is the Fountain of Life, and in whose light we shall eminently see light; whose Well of life is always running, in Whose presence is fullness of joys, and at his right hand Pleasures for evermore; though through all Eternity thousands and Millions will be drinking of this new Wine, yet it shall never be the less, but is and shall be still fresh and flowing.
for it shall be full; then shall we Satisfieingly know the love of Christ that passeth knowledge, and be filled with all the fulness of God; this water of Life will Satisfie to the full the greatest thirst of such as long for Christ; there shall not be (to speak so) an empty Corner in the most capacious Soul; thou Poor hungry and thirsty, Empty and indigent Believing Soul shalt then be full and keeped full (according to Creature capacity) to the very Brim; and thy heart that is now narrow and straitned, shall be widened end enla ged then, to take in this sweet and Satisfieing: there shall not be one vessel in Glory, but it shall be filled brimfull with the new Wine of these strong Consolations of God, being dilated, Capacitated, Elevated and enlarged for that very end. Fourthly, This Communion is uninterrupted, there shall be nothing to mar it, no Cross, no Sin, no Temptation to sin, For no unclean thing enters within the Gates of the new Jerusalem, no Curse no Cry in those Streets, no weeping, no Sorrow, no sighing for any thing past, nor Horrour nor fear from the apprehension of any evil coming: nor any the least mis-turning of the Lambs Song of Praise; the heart shall (to speak so) be so stringed and bended, as it shall never again slack in its bent, but be stil keeped at its highest note, our Harps shall never hang any more on the Willows, but we shall keep them still in our hand chanting the Praises of the Redeemer to that new Heavenly Tune never heard on earth, with Psalmes of victory in our hands and Crowns of Glory on our heads,