B02840:64
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
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Fourthly Christ is here present and discernible, and made •o by this ordinance; if we consider the Sacrament as a mean whereby we have Christ Communicate to us, he not only makes over himself Covenant wise: but sealeth this gift: and the Sacrament is a mean of Communion with him thus made over to us: in which respect the believer doth and may warrantably make use of the Sacrament, for his quickening, elevating, and strengthening to cleave closer, and to grip faster to Christ: for which cause it's called the Communion of his Body: and hereby we are said to be made one Body with him: Not but that without the Sacrament it may be and is often so: but by the Sacrament this Union and Communion is strengthened and furthered to the faith, and Spiritual sense of the believer.
Fourthly Christ is here present and di•cernible, and made •o by this ordinance; if we consider the Sacramen• as a mean whereby we have Christ Communicat to us, he not only makes over himself Covenant wise: but sealeth this gift: and the Sacrament is a mean of Communion with him thus made over to us: in which respect the believer doth and may warrantably make use of the Sacrament, for his quickening, elevating, and strengthening to cleave closer, and to grip faster to Christ: for which cause it's called the Communion of his Body: and hereby we are said to be made one Body with him: Not but that without the Sacrament it may be and is often so: but by the Sacrament this Union and Communion is strengthened and furthered to the faith, and Spiritual sense of the believer.
Fourthly, what are the reasons why Christ will have his broken Body made thus discernible and apprehensible in this Sacrament? We answer, that he will have it so for these reasons. First for evidencing of and bearing Testimony to his great love to his People; It says that a dying Christ so loves us that he gave himself to us; and •o the memory of his death is revived and kept up; He will have his dying self, in a Sacrament bestowed on his People, to keep his love still fresh to them in their remembrance. Secondly for the Public Professing and testifying our faith in a dying Saviour; For in this Sacrament we profess our Faith in him, and dependence on him; and we say thereby and declare to the world, this my Saviour died, and is able to give me life; which is a piece of Honour and Glory to the Mediator, and a part of our duty; when we give Public testimony, that