B02840:55
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.
In the words more particularly we have Three great things in reference to present Communicating; The 1. whereof is, the great and peculiar use of the Communion, and that is, that it makes the Lords body discernible, It puts Christ in a capacity (to speak so) to be taken up and discerned; The Second is, the great duty of a worthy Communicant; and that is, rightly to discern the Lords Body, so holden forth. The third ⟨p. 24⟩is, the great Sin that unworthy Communicants fall into; and that is, They do not discern the Lords Body; but are like so many Dogs and Swine, who not knowing what delicates are there, they go about the action, not knowing what they are doing.
In the words more particularly we have Three great things in reference to present Communicating; The 1. whereof is, the great and peculiar use of the Communion, and that is, that it makes the Lords body discernible, It puts Christ in a capacitie (to speak so) to be taken up and discerned; The Second is, the great duty of a worthy Communicant; and that is, rightly to discern the Lords Body, so holden forth. The third ⟨p. 24⟩is, the great Sin that unworthy Communicants fall into; and that is, They do not discern the Lords Body; but are like so many Dogs and Swine, who not knowing what delicats are there, they goe about the action, not knowing what they are doing.
The First is clear, That in the Sacrament, Christ Jesus his broken body is made discernible to us; else he would not find fault with them who come, and do not discern it; The words al•o before vers. 24. clear it; This (saith he) is my Body which is broken for you; So Chap. 10 vers. 16. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the Communion of the Blood of Christ? And the bread which we break, is it not the Communion of the Body of Christ? And the sharp Judgements, that come on People •o• not discerning the Lords Body, and so for being guilty of Communicating unworthily, do show, that not only is our Lords Body really present, but in a special manner discernible in this Ordinance.