A77593:1146
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And sometimes this arises from the breaking of some bone by sin; David found it so. Many a man by breaking a bone 1is much hindered from thriving in the world. O this broken arm, this broken leg, hath lost me many a fair pound, which otherwise I might have got. O friends, sin is the breaking of the bones, the breaking of a mans peace and communion 2with God; 'tis the breaking of his hope and confidence in God, 'tis the dis-joining of a man from God, and so it hinders a mans spiritual growth. Believe it, Christians, if you play and dally with sin, if you fall in with sin, if you make one with sin, you will never grow rich in spirituals. Sin will cause such a breaking of bones, as will undoubtedly hinder ⟨p. 264⟩the prosperity of your souls. And so much for the sixth Proposition.
And sometimes this arises from the breaking of some bone by sin; David found it so. Many a man by breaking a bone 1is much hindered from thriving in the world. O this broken arme, this broken legge, hath lost me many a faire pound, which otherwise I might have got. O friends, sin is the breaking of the bones, the breaking of a mans peace and communion 2with God; 'tis the breaking of his hope and confidence in God, 'tis the dis-joyning of a man from God, and so it hinders a mans spirituall growth. Believe it, Christians, if you play and dally with sin, if you fall in with sin, if you make one with sin, you will never grow rich in spiritualls. Sin will cause such a breaking of bones, as will undoubtedly hinder ⟨p. 264⟩the prosperity of your soules. And so much for the sixth Proposition.
- 1Psal. 50.
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