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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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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.
I answer. Yes. For this is a most certain Principle, That none ever attained an interest in Christ, but unworthy creatures. Was Paul worthy before he had an interest in Christ? What worthiness was in Matthew, when Christ called him from the Receipt of Custom? And what worthiness was in Zacheus, when Christ called him down from the Sycamore Tree, and told him, that This day salvation was come to his ⟨p. 286⟩house? Was Manasseh, or Mary Magdalen worthy before they had an Interest in Christ? Surely no. Though you are unworthy, yet Christ is worthy: Though you have no merit, yet God ha's mercy: Though there is no salvation for you by the Law, yet there is salvation for you by the Gospel.
I answer. Yes. For this is a most certaine Principle, That none ever attain'd an interest in Christ, but unworthy creatures. Was Paul worthy before he had an interest in Christ? Wbat worthinesse was in Mathew, when Christ call'd him from the Receipt of Custome? And what worthinesse was in Zacheus, when Christ call'd him downe from the Cycomore Tree, and told him, that This day salvation was come to his ⟨p. 286⟩house? Was Manasses, or Mary Magdalen worthy before they had an Interest in Christ? Surely no. Though you are unworthy, yet Christ is worthy: Though you have no merit, yet God ha's mercy: Though there is no salvation for you by the Law, yet there is salvation for you by the Gospel.
Again, Christ requires no worthiness in any man before 1he believes, and he that won't believe before he is worthy, will never believe. If you look upon God with an Evangelical eye, you shall see that he that is most unworthy, is most capable of mercy. A real sense of our own unworthiness, renders us most fit for Divine mercy. This Objection, I am unworthy, is an unworthy Objection, and speaks out much pride and ignorance of the Gospel, and of the freeness and riches of Gods grace, &c.