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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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Sixthly, Be most in with those souls that are spiritually rich.
Sixthly, Be most in with those soules that are spiritually rich.
Let them be thy choicest Companions, that have made Christ their chiefest Companion. Do not so much eye the outsides of men, as their inside, look most to their internal worth. Many persons have an eye upon the external Garb of this and that Professor, but give me a Christian that minds the internal worth of persons; that makes such as are most filled with the fullness of God, to be his choicest, and his chiefest Companions.
Let them be thy choycest Companions, that have made Christ their chiefest Companion. Doe not so much eye the outsides of men, as their inside, look most to their internall worth. Many persons have an eye upon the externall Garb of this and that Professor, but give me a Christian that minds the internall worth of persons; that makes such as are most filled with the fullnesse of God, to be his choisest, and his chiefest Companions.
In Psal. 16. My goodness extends not to thee, says David (now David speaks in the person of Christ) but to the Saints that are in the earth, in whom is all my delight. There are Saints, and there are excellent Saints; now those are the excellent ones, that are most rich in Heavenly Treasures; and these you should make your bosom friends, your choicest Companions. Prov. 13. 20. He that walketh with wise men shall be wise. That is, he shall be more wise, more humble, more holy, and more abounding in all spiritual riches. The word Rolech that is rendered walk, is an Hebrew Participle, and signifies walking; to note to us, that 'tis not he that talks with the wise, nor he that commends the wise, nor he that takes a step, or two, or three with the wise, that shall