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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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Few or none are rich in all Graces.
There are some men in the world that are generally rich, that are rich in money, and rich in land, and rich in goods. But where you have one man that is a general rich man in this sense, you have ten thousand that are only rich in some one thing, as Money, Goods, or Land, &c. so it is here. 'Tis a hard thing (if possible) to find a soul that's generally rich: That is, rich in every grace, that's rich in faith, and rich in wisdom, and rich in love, and rich in patience, &c. ⟨p. 250⟩Abraham was rich in Faith, and Job was rich in Patience, and Moses was rich in Meekness, and David was rich in zeal, &c. but none of these were rich in every grace. And so in these days you may find one Christian rich in one grace, and another Christian rich in another grace, but where will you find a Christian that is rich in every grace? Such that are rich in some graces, are yet very defective and lame in other graces. 1The Saints once at Rome were richer in wisdom and knowledge, then the Saints at Thessalonica, Rom. 15. 14. And the Saints at Thessalonica were richer in faith, love, patience, and charity, then the Saints at Rome, 1 Thess. 1. 4. 2. 8. compared with 2 Epist. 1. 3, 4. It is with Saints, as with sinners, one sinner excels in one vice, another in another vice: So one Saint excels in one virtue, and another in another virtue; one is rich in joy, in comfort, another is rich in humility, in fear, another in faith and hope, and another in love, &c. And mark how this arises.
There are some men in the world that are generally rich, that are rich in money, and rich in land, and rich in goods. But where you have one man that is a generall rich man in this sense, you have ten thousand that are onely rich in some one thing, as Money, Goods, or Land, &c. so it is here. 'Tis a hard thing (if possible) to find a soule that's generally rich: That is, rich in every grace, that's rich in faith, and rich in wisedome, and rich in love, and rich in patience, &c.