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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
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.
The next Use that we shall make of this Point, is this,
If Christ be so rich, then trust to Christ.
Who will not trust a rich man? Every one strives to trust a rich man, The rich hath many friends. Why, the Lord 1Jesus Christ is very rich: Will you be persuaded to trust him? O trust him with your best treasures, with your choicest 2Jewels, with your names, souls, estates, relations. The Apostle was excellent at this, 2 Tim. 1. 12. I know him (saith he) in whom I have believed, that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him, until that day. I have committed my soul to him, and my life to him, and my name to him, and all my mercies and enjoyments to him. The child cannot better secure any precious thing it hath, then by putting it into the fathers hands to keep. Our mercies are always safest and surest, when they are out of our hands, when they are in the hands of God. We trust as we love, and we trust where we love; where we love much, we will trust much; much trust speaks out much love, if you love Christ much, surely you will trust him much.
Who will not trust a rich man? Every one strives to trust a rich man, The rich hath many friends. Why, the Lord 1Jesus Christ is very rich: Will you be perswaded to trust him? O trust him with your best treasures, with your choycest