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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
The Maid in Plutarch, being to be sold in the Market, when a Chapman asked her, Wilt thou be faithful if I buy thee? I, said she, (Etiam non emeris) that I will though you do not buy me. So Ministers must be faithful, though God should not buy them, though he should not thus and thus encourage them in their work. Their very feet are beautiful, 1who are faithful, and their message most comfortable to those that sigh and mourn, that labour and languish under the sense of sin, and fear of wrath.
The Maid in Plutarch, being to be sould in the Market, when a Chapman asked her, Wilt thou be faithfull if I buy thee? I, said she, (Etiam non emeris) that I will though you doe not buy me. So Ministers must be faithfull, though God should not buy them, though he should not thus and thus encourage them in their work. Their very feet are beautifull, 1who are faithfull, and their message most comfortable to those that sigh and mourne, that labour and languish under the sense of sin, and feare of wrath.
Thirdly, They must Preach Christ Humbly, as well as faithfully, 12 Cor. 4. 5. We Preach not our selves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and our selves your servants for Jesus sake. Paul doth not complement as the men of the world do, Your Servant Sir, but he spake as it was, for there are no greater Servants, then those that are Servants to the souls of men, ⟨p. 300⟩for Jesus sake. So John was very humble in the exercise of his Ministry,