A77593:1278
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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He is not only able to do it, but 'tis his delight to do it. Christs soul is in nothing more; witness his leaving his 1fathers bosom, witness his laying down his Crown, witness those many sufferings and deaths that he went through in this world: Witness those Gospel acclamations, Mark 16. 16. Revel. 22. 17. Witness those persuasive exhortations, and gracious impetrations and entreaties, Ezek. 33. 11. Mat. 11. 28. 2 Cor. 5. 20. Witness Divine Injunctions, and Comminations, 1 John 5. 23. Mat. 11. 21. Witness those pathetical lamentations, Mat. 23. 37. Luke 19. 42. Psal. 81. 13. And witness the inward motions and secret excitations of his blessed spirit, Gen. 6. 3. All which speak out his great willingness and delight to save poor sinners. So in Psal. 40. 7, 8. I delight to do thy will, O my God, thy Law is in my heart. Or as the Hebrew hath it, 'Tis in the midst of my bowels. Now (mark) the will of the father was the salvation of sinners: This was the will of the father, That Jesus Christ should seek and save them that are lost, Mat. 18. 11. Now saith Christ, I delight to do thy will O my God. 'Tis the joy and rejoicing of my heart, to be a seeking, and a saving of lost sinners. When Christ was hungry, he went not into a Victualling-house, but into the Temple, and taught the people most part of the day, to show how much he delighted in the salvation of sinners, &c.