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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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It's nothing to cleave to Christ in fair weather, when every 1one cleaves to Christ, when every one professes Christ; but to cleave to him in a storm, when every one runs from him, this speaks out a child-like disposition, it speaks out a Jacob's spirit. Surely he must needs have much of Christ, that nothing can take off from cleaving to Christ. When the soul says to Christ, as Ruth said to Naomi, Whither thou 2goest, I will go, and where thou lodgest, I will lodge, thy people shall be my people, and thy God shall be my God. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me. When neither the frowns of men, nor the reproach of ⟨p. 283⟩men, nor the contempt of men, nor oppositions from men, can take the soul off from cleaving to Christ, it will not be long before Christ speaks peace to such a soul. Psal. 63. 8. My soul followeth hard after thee, thy right hand upholds me. In the Hebrew 'tis, My soul cleaveth to thee, or 3is glued to thee, as Jonathan's soul cleaved to David, and as Jacob's soul cleaved to Rachel, in the face of all difficulties and troubles. Doubtless, when the soul cleaves to Christ in the face of all afflictions and difficulties, this carries with it 4very much evidence of its interest in Christ. In temporals men cleave to persons and things, as their interest is in them, and so 'tis in spirituals also. Christ cannot, Christ will not throw such to hell, that hang about him, that cleave to him.
It's nothing to cleave to Christ in faire weather, when every 1one cleaves to Christ, when every one professes Christ; but to cleave to him in a storme, when every one runs from him, this speaks out a child-like disposition, it speaks out a Jacob's spirit. Surely he must needs have much of Christ, that nothing can take off from cleaving to Christ. When the soule sayes to Christ, as Ruth said to Naomi, Whither thou