The Unsearchable Riches of Christ

Name: The Unsearchable Riches of Christ
Author: Thomas Brooks

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.

Thomas Brooks 1608–1680London: printed by Mary Simmons for John Hancock, 1655

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Sermon › Some Notes of a person that is Spiritually Rich.

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I remember an excellent saying of Luther, I had rather (saith he) fall with Christ, then stand with Caesar. And indeed every gracious soul that highly prizes Christ, will rather choose to fall with Christ, then to neglect his obedience to Christ. By obeying Christ we gain more honour then we can give; by kissing the Son we do even command him, and make him ours, &c.

I remember an excellent saying of Luther, I had rather (saith he) fall with Christ, then stand with Caesar. And indeed every gracious soule that highly prizes Christ, will rather choose to fall with Christ, then to neglect his obedience to Christ. By obeying Christ we gaine more honour then we can give; by kissing the Son we doe even command him, and make him ours, &c.

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Thirdly, Christians, remember this, All the causes of prizing persons and things, are eminently and only in Christ, which bespeaks you all to set a very, very high price upon the Lord Jesus

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You prize some for their beauty, why, the Lord Jesus ¹Christ is the fairest among the Children of men, Psal. 45. 1, 2. Cant. 5. 10. My Beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest, or, the Standard-bearer among ten thousand.. You prize others for their strength, why, the Lord Jesus Christ hath in him everlasting strength, Isa. 26. 4

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