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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.
They must study Gods Book more then all other Books. The truth and antiquity of the Book of God finds no companion, either in Age or Authority. No Histories are comparable to the Histories of the Scriptures,1
- 1Moses is sound more ancient then all those whom the Grecians make most ancient, as Homer, Hesiod, and Jupiter himself, whom the Greeks have seated in the top of their Divinity.Moses is sound more ancient then all those whom the Grecians make most antient, as Homer, Hesiod, and Jupiter hims•l•, whom the Greeks have seated in the top of their Divinity.
For 1 Antiquity. 2 Rarity. 3 Variety. 4 Brevity. 5 Perspicuity. 6 Harmony. 7 Verity.
For 1 Antiquity. 2 Rariety. 3 Variety. 4 Brevity. 5 Perspicuity. 6 Harmony. 7 Verity.
Gregory calls the Scripture (Cor & animam Dei) The heart and soul of God; for in the Scriptures, as in a glass, we may see how the heart and soul of God stands towards his poor creatures. It was the glory of Apollos, that he was mighty in the Scripture, Acts 18. 24. John 5. 39. Search the Scripture, saith Christ. The Greek word signifies to 1search as men search for gold in Mines. You must search the Scripture, not superficially, but narrowly. The Scriptures are a great depth, wherein the choicest treasures are hid, therefore you must dig deep, if you will find,