A77593:1322
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 the best Preacher (saith Luther) that Preaches vulgarly, that Preaches most plainly. He is not the best Preacher that tickles the ear, or that works upon the fancy, &c. but he that breaks the heart, and awakens the conscience. 'Tis sad to consider how many Preachers in these days are like Heraclitus, who was called The dark Doctor, because he affected dark speeches. Oh! how do many in these days affect sublime notions, uncouth phrases, making plain truths difficult, and easy truths hard? They darken counsel by words without knowledge, Job 38. 2. But how unlike to Christ, the Prophets, and Apostles, these dark Doctors are, I will leave you to judge; nor would I have their accounts to make up for all the world; I will leave them to stand or fall to their own Master. God loves, owns, and crowns plain Preaching, though some account it foolishness, yet to them that are saved, 'tis the power of God, and the wisdom of God, 1 Cor. 1. 20-30. I have stayed the longer upon this first Direction, because of its great usefulness in these deluding days.
He is the best Preacher (saith Luther) that Preaches vulgarly, that Preaches most plainly. He is not the best Preacher that tickles the ear, or that works upon the fancy, &c. but he that breaks the heart, and awakens the conscience. 'Tis sad to consider how many Preachers in these dayes are like Heraclitus, who was called The darke Doctour, because he affected dark speeches. Oh! how doe many in these dayes affect sublime notions, uncouth phrases, making plaine truths difficult, and easie truths hard? They darken councel by words without knowledge, Job 38. 2. But how unlike to Christ, the Prophets, and Apostles, these dark Doctours are, I will leave you to judge; nor would I have their accounts to make up for all the world; I will leave them to stand or fall to their owne Master. God loves, ownes, and crownes plaine Preaching, though some account it foolishnesse, yet to them that are saved, 'tis the power of God, and the wisedome of God, 1 Cor. 1. 20-30. I have stayed the longer upon this first Direction, because of its great usefulnesse in these deluding dayes.