B02840:88
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.
were there ever such easy terms and conditions? It's only, come to the Wedding; when the King comes a wooing, let him be welcomed with your hearts consent; when he says, I am content to marry you, let your hea•ts say, Amen, Lord Jesus, I am content to marry thee, and to be for thee and for none other: and may not I add, was there ever such security and confirmation given of any marriage? it's confirmed by the death of the Bridegroom, he hath sealed his Testament with his Blood, and there is no annulling nor altering of a mans Testament when he is dead; and ⟨p. 48⟩our Lord Jesus who was once dead is now alive and lives for evermore, he will never die again, nor make another Testament: O! beloved hearers, all this is to let you see that our Lord is in earnest and very willing to espouse you: and indeed it shall not be his Fault, i• it be not a bargain, and if it be indeed a bargain betwixt your souls and him, it's a very ra•e and rich one: O! the many rare, excellent, noble, notable and non-such Privileges and advantages that attend this marriage, and are to be enjoyed by the soul espoused to Christ; even God and Christ, Grace and Glory and all that is comprehended under these belongs to tha• soul: We must here be silent, lest in speaking of •hem we darken them by our words; here is an abyss and bottomless depth ready as it were, to swallow up words; we confess we can tell you our very little wha• they are, nay if all the ablest and holiest Ministers on earth, all the Angels in Heaven were joined together they could not to the full by very far, tell what an excellent match and marriage this is, even to be matched with the Son of God; and yet this privilege and honour have all the saints, all Believers, to whom he is wonderful and Precious, though alas! not as he ought to be; there is a day coming, when we shall know to satisfaction, that the Father is in the son, and the son in the Father; and that believers are in Christ and he in them; We shall then know the now in expressible and inconceivable advantages of this marriage, When He shall come to be glorified in His Saints, and wondered at in all them that believe: and till that day the one half will never be told us.