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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
A Preparation-Sermon, FOR THE COMMUNION.A Preparation-Sermon, FOR THE COMMVNION.
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 the Second: We say, there would be a right uptaking of the ordinance it self, which when wanting it mar•es us, that we know not how to Communicate: in the ordinance we would take up the substance of it, the end of it, and how it effectua•s the end. First, The Substance of the ordinance is Christ Jesus himself, who though he be not bodily, yet is he really present in the Sacrament; His words are not empty words, the Signs are •o• empty Signs; But the Bread is his Body, and the wine is his Blood: For if there be a presence in the wo•d, as he makes it known through his Spirit, by the efficacy of it on the Heart; then in a more special and Solemn manner, there is a presence in the Sacrament; which also he makes sensible, to the Spiritual senses of the Believer Secondly, The end and use of the Ordinance for which God hath appointed it, would also be rightly taken up; and this is large. It serves for the man festing of his love in his Death till he come again; and this would be a piece of your exercise to discover the love of Christ in it, and to put your faith to exercise on that love: In which respect Christians have not only their Particular case to look to in the Sacraments, But also that their Spirits be taken up with ⟨p. 17⟩the thoughts of the wonderfully condescending love of Christ, who hath given and left behind him a token and Memorial of it: and especially these ends would be looked to and considered, viz. That its given for our instruction, for it gives us a Sight o• Christ crucified; It shows us the way of making up our union with him, and the necessity of it, and the warrant given us to make use of him: and as its given for instruction and teaching so for sealing and confi ming; the Lord would have us the eby knowing the truth of his Promises and covenant for our greater consolation, and that we may with greater liberty apply them: even as when a Prince offers peace to a Rebel and grants him a Pardon, to make him •he more su•e, and to remove all doubts and jealousies there is a seal appended to the Pardon, which confirms it, and consequen ly strengtheneth the Faith of the Rebel to rest upon it: So this is a special end of the Sacrament to Seal and confirm: