A77593:1159
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.
Thirdly, Rich men can with more ease and pleasure bear burdens, then poor men can.1
Thirdly, Rich men can with more ease and pleasure beare burdens, then poore men can.1
- 1A Tree that is well grown, stands it o• in the worst storms, it bends not, it breaks not, &c.A Tree that is well growne, stands it o• in the worst stormes, it bends not, it breaks not, &c.
When Taxes and burdens are laid upon poor men, they sigh, and shrug, and complain that they are not able to bear them, when rich men make nothing of them. So souls that are rich in grace, can bear burdens, without a burden; they can bear crosses, afflictions, and persecutions, with abundance of ease, cheerfulness, and contentedness of spirit; they do ⟨p. 267⟩not shrug, nor grumble, but bear the greatest Trials, with the greatest sweetness, as you may see in Acts 5. They went out rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer for the name of Christ. So Paul, 2 Cor. 12. 10. I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christs sake.
When Taxes and burdens are laid upon poore men, they sigh, and shrug, and complaine that they are not able to bear them, when rich men make nothing of them. So soules that are rich in grace, can bear burdens, without a burden; they can bear crosses, afflictions, and persecutions, with abundance of ease, cheerfullnesse, and contentednesse of spirit; they doe