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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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In Acts 20. 27. For I have not shunned to declare unto you the whole Counsel of God. Some there be that make it 1their business only to advance the glory of Christ, and to darken the glory of the father; and some cry up the glory of the Father, and yet cast clouds and darkness upon the glory of the Son; and what dirt and scorn is cast upon the spirit by many vain, blasphemous persons, in these times, is notoriously known; and if these men are not far from declaring 2the whole Counsel and will of God, I know nothing. Christ must be held out in all his Offices, for they all tend to the enriching of poor souls, to the adding of Pearls to a Christians Crown. And clearly, 'tis sad to consider how many there be that cry up one Office, and cry down another: Some cry up the Kingly Office of Christ, but mind not his Prophetical Office; and some cry up his Prophetical Office, but trample upon his Kingly Office; and some cry up both his Kingly and Prophetical Office, and yet make slight of his Priestly Office. Christians, fix your selves under his Ministry that gives the Father his due, the Son his due, and the Spirit his due, that makes it his business to open the treasures, and the riches both of the one and the other, and to declare to you the whole will of God; for many there be 3that with-hold the word in unrighteousness, and that will only acquaint you with some parts of the will of God, and keep you ignorant of other parts, whose condemnation will be great, as well as just, &c.4
In Acts 20. 27. For I have not shunned to declare unto you the whole Councell of God. Some there be that make it 1their businesse onely to advance the glory of Christ, and to darken the glory of the father; and some cry up the glory of the Father, and yet cast clouds and darknesse upon the glory of the Son; and what dirt and scorne is cast upon the spirit by many vaine, blasphemous persons, in these times, is notoriously knowne; and if these men are not far from declaring