A discovery of glorious love, or, The love of Christ to beleevers opened, in the truth, transcendency, and sweetness thereof together with the necessity that lyes upon every beleever, to strive after the spirituall and experimentall knowledge of it : being the sum of VI sermons preached upon Ephesians 3.19 / by John Durant ...

A word to the Reader.

IN these Sermons I presume thou wilt perceive the plainnesse of man; and my prayer is, that thou mayest like∣wise perceive the power of the Spirit.

The time of their preaching, was (some eleven years since) even the noon of the day of Englands trouble; At that time they were accounted seasonable.

The matter of them, is some Gos∣pell light, of the glorious love of Christ, and this makes mee think they can never bee unseasonable.

The manner of their delivery, was (as it ought to bee) not with enticeing words of mans wisdome. But in the simplicity & plainness of the Gospel.

The end was, and is, next to Christs glory, thy good (O beleever!) who ever thou art, and if this bee not attained, I must cry out, I have laboured in vain! And

Two requests I have unto thee,

• The first is, that thou charitably cover the failings of the Preacher. Remember the heavenly treasure of the Gospel, is in earthen vessels.
• The second is; that thou carefully correct the Errata's of the Printer, which by reason of my absence from the Presse could not bee avoided.

If to these two thou wilt over and above adde thy prayers for mee, that I may still bee inabled from an expe∣rimental knowledge of Gospel truths so publish the same unto poor souls; Thou wilt doe more than requite mee for my pains in this, even oblige mee to a publication of some other Papers. In hope whereof, I subscribe my self,

Thine in the sincerity and strength of Gospel-love. John Durant.