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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.
God having graciously condescended to Covenant and Promise, and to Swear to the truth of his Covenant and p omise, That the Heirs of Promise may have strong consolation, He also appends seals to his Covenant. But Thirdly, We are to consider how it effectua•s these ends: and thus we are to look on the Sac•amen•• as exhibiting and applying Jesus Christ and his Benefits: which must needs be a spiritual and Sublime thing, holden out in these words. Take ye, eat ye, this is my Body, &c. Where we have Jesus Christ giving over himself to the Believer, so as he and the Believer become one, and he ha h Christ to feed upon: Its true there is no Physical conjunction here: Yet as in the word, the offer and promises convey Christ holden out in the Promises to the Soul, being received by faith, there is an union thus made up betwixt Christ and the Person: So in the right partaking of the Sacrament, the ⟨p. 18⟩Spirit go•ng along with the word and Seal, and the believer receiving the Seal as given him of God for that end, as well as the word: The•e results an union and Communion, a mystical and Spiritual uniting and joining of Christ and the believer together: Which although it doth not always necessarily presuppose Faith going before, yet it supposes Faith necessarily to go along with it: and in this there is most express covenanting and bargaining betwixt Christ and the Believer, Jesus Christ not giving himself here indefinitely, as he doth in the word and offer of the Gospel, but particularly: and thus the Believers Faith hath the most distinct ground and reason to make application of him, and so the more distinct confirmation.
God having graciously condescended to Covenant and Promise, and to Swear to the truth of his Covenant and p omise, That the Heirs of Promise may have strong consolation, He also appends seals to his Covenant. But Thirdly, We are to consider how it effectua•s these ends: and thus we are to look on the Sac•amen•• as exhibiting and appl•ing Jesus Christ and his Benefits: which must needs be a spiritual and Sublime thing, holden out in these words. Take ye, eat ye, this is my Body, &c. Where we have Jesus Christ giving over himself to the Believer, so as he and the Believer become one, and he ha h Christ to feed upon: Its true there is no Physicall conjunction here: Yet as in the word, the offer and promises conveigh Christ holden out in the Promises to the Soul, being received by faih, there is an union thus made up betwixt Christ and the Person: So in the right partaking of the Sacrament, the