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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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Is there Riches of Justification, and Riches of Sanctification, and Riches of Consolation, and Riches of Glorification in Christ? Yes, why then do not depart from him, do not 1shake hands with him. That's a sad complaint of God in Jer. 2. 12, 13. Be astonished O ye heavens at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord: For my people have committed two evils, They have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out Cisterns, broken Cisterns, that can hold no water. Is it madness and ⟨p. 279⟩folly to fly from the fountain to the stream, from the light of the Sun, to the light of a candle? And is it not greater madness and folly to forsake the Creator, to run after the creature. O say as Peter, Whither should we go, thou hast 2the words of eternal life. To run from Christ, is to run from all life, peace, and joy; 'tis to run from our strength, our shelter, our security, our safety, our Crown, our glory. Lev. 11. 10. Crabs, that go backward, are reckoned among unclean creatures: The application is easy.
Is there Riches of Justification, and Riches of Sanctification, and Riches of Consolation, and Riches of Glorification in Christ? Yes, why then doe not depart from him, doe not 1shake hands with him. That's a sad complaint of God in Jer. 2. 12, 13. Be astonished O ye heavens at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord: For my people have committed two evills, They have forsaken me the fountaine of living waters, and hewed them out Cisternes, broken Cisternes, that can hold no water. Is it madnesse and ⟨p. 279⟩folly to flye from the fountaine to the streame, from the light of the Sun, to the light of a candle? And is it not greater madnesse and folly to forsake the Creator, to run after the creature. O say as Peter, Whither should we goe, thou hast