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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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Ninthly, and lastly, Faith is a root Grace, and will the branches flourish, if the root wither?
O therefore water this root, have an eye to this root. If you have a choice root in any of your Gardens, Oh how careful are you of it? you will mind it, and water it, and look to it, &c. Well, of all graces faith is the root grace, and if this dye, you will find your graces to languish; your hope, love, fear, patience, humility, joy, &c. can never outlive your faith, these live together, and they dye together; therefore above all labour to be rich in faith, for this is a root grace, and if this flourish, all other graces will flourish; but if this decay, all other graces will loose their strength, beauty, and glory, &c.
O therefore water this root, have an eye to this root. If you have a choyce root in any of your Gardens, Oh how carefull are you of it? you will mind it, and water it, and look to it, &c. Well, of all graces faith is the root grace, and if this dye, you will find your graces to languish; your hope, love, fear, patience, humility, joy, &c. can never outlive your faith, these live together, and they dye together; therefore above all labour to be rich in faith, for this is a root grace, and if this flourish, all other graces will flourish; but if this decay, all other graces will loose their strength, beauty, and glory, &c.
And thus much for the fifth Proposition: We come now to the sixth Proposition, and that is this.