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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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Gregory saith of Athanasius, That his life was a continual Sermon, and wooing men to Christ. Aristotle requires this in an Orator, That he be a good man. How much more then 1should Gods Orators be good and gracious? When Eli's Sons were wicked, the people abhorred the Offering of the Lord; and what is that that renders the things of God so contemptuous and odious in the eyes of many people in this Nation, but the ignorance, looseness, profaneness, and 2baseness of those that are the dispensers of them. Unholy Ministers pull down, instead of building up; Oh the souls that their lives destroy! These by their loose lives, lead their flocks to hell, where themselves must lye lowermost.
Gregory saith of Athanasius, That his life was a continuall Sermon, and woeing men to Christ. Aristotle requires this in an Orator, That he be a good man. How much more then 1should Gods Orators be good and gracious? When Eli's Sons were wicked, the people abhorred the Offering of the Lord; and what is that that renders the things of God so contemptuous and odious in the eyes of many people in this Nation, but the ignorance, loosenesse, prophanenesse, and 2basenesse of those that are the dispencers of them. Unholy Ministers pull downe, instead of building up; Oh the soules that their lives destroy! These by their loose lives, lead their flocks to hell, where themselves must lye lowermost.
- 11 Sam. 2. 17.
- 2The souls o• Friests (I may say, of Ministers) must b• pu•er then the Sun▪ beams, saith Chrysostom. Juel. Bucer ▪ and Bradford, were famous examples for holiness.