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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 then eighthly, Consider this, of all graces faith contributes most to the bringing down of mercies and blessings upon your selves and friends, and therefore you should above all labour to be rich in this particular grace of faith.
And then eighthly, Consider this, of all graces faith contributes most to the bringing downe of mercies and blessings upon your selves and friends, and therefore you should above all labour to be rich in this particular grace of faith.
Faith contributes to the bringing down of blessings upon our selves. In Dan. 6. 23. Daniel was delivered (saith the Text) because he believed in his God. 'Twas his faith, and ⟨p. 260⟩not his prayers; 'twas his faith, and not his tears; 'twas his faith, and not his sighs, that stopped the Lyons mouths, and wrought deliverance for him. So in Psal. 27. 13. I had fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the Land of the living. So in 2 Chron. 20. 20. Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his Prophets, so shall ye prosper, and so they did. That's a very famous Scripture to this purpose, 2 Chron. 13. 15, 16, 17. Then the men of Judah gave a shout, and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel 1before Abijah and Judah, and the Children of Israel fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands: And Abijah and his people slew with a great slaughter, so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. (Here was a dreadful slaughter; no wars, no slaughters comparable to those the Scripture speaks of.) And the reason is rendered, vers. 18. Because they relied upon the Lord God of their fathers. And as faith is the only way to bring down a blessing upon our selves, so faith is the only way to bring down blessings upon our friends and relations. Though another man cannot be saved by my faith, yet he