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The Unsearchable Riches of Christ
Ton anexichniaston plouton [sic] tou Christou. The unsearchable riches of Christ. Or, Meat for strong men. Milk [for] babes. Held for th in twenty-two sermons from Ephesians 3.8. By Thomas Brooks, preacher of the Word at Margarets New-Fishstreet.Ton anexichniaston plouton [sic] tou Christou. The unsearchable riches of Christ. Or, Meat for strong men. Milke [for] babes. Held for th in twenty-two sermons from Ephesians 3.8. By Thomas Brookes, preacher of the Word at Margarets New-Fishstreet.
London: printed by Mary Simmons for John Hancock, 1655
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And I will make thee a mightier Nation for honour, riches, and power, then they. Nay, saith Moses, this may not be Lord. Oh the people must be spared, the people must be pardoned, and the people must have thy presence with them, and rather then it should be otherwise, let my name, Lord, be blotted out of the Book of life. Lord, I care not how ill it goes with my particular, so long as it may go well with the general; let me dye, so they may live: Can the self-seekers of our age, think seriously of this, and not blush?
And I will make thee a mighter Nation for honour, riches, and power, then they. Nay, saith Moses, this may not be Lord. Oh the people must be spared, the people must be pardoned, and the people must have thy presence with them, and rather then it should be otherwise, let my name, Lord, be blotted out of the Book of life. Lord, I care not how ill it goes with my particular, so long as it may goe well with the generall; let me dye, so they may live: Can the self-seekers of our age, think seriously of this, and not blush?
So Mordecai was a man of a brave public spirit, Esther 10. 3. Mordecai the Jew was next unto King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people: Or as the Hebrew ha's it, Seeking good for his people. That is, he made it his business to seek their good. Christ also was full of grace, 1and had a brave public spirit, he laid out himself, and laid down himself for a public good, and so did Paul, &c. Few in our days are of his opinion and mind, who was rather willing to beautify Italy, then his own house. That Pilot dyes nobly (saith Seneca) who perisheth in the storm with the Helm in his hand. Such that seek themselves more then the public good, must be served as Aesop did his fellow servant, he gave him warm water to drink, by which means he vomited up the stolen Figs. Friends, 'tis not a little grace that will make a man prefer the public good, above his own particular good, but much grace will; therefore labour to be rich in grace.