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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.
THE Unsearchable Riches OF CHRIST.THE Ʋnsearchable Riches OF CHRIST.
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 fifteenth Property of an humble soul, is, He will rather 1bear wrongs, then revenge wrongs offered. The humble soul knows that Vengeance is the Lords, and that he will repay, &c, The humble soul loves not to take the sword into his own hand; he knows the day is a coming, wherein the Lord will give his Enemies two blows for one, and here he rests. An humble soul, when wrongs are offered, is like a man with a sword in one hand, and a salve in the other; could wound, but will heal. Psal. 35. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. False witnesses did rise up, they laid to my charge things that I knew not. They rewarded me evil for good, to the spoiling of my soul. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into my own 2bosom. I behaved my self, as though he had been my friend, or brother. I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother, &c. The Scripture abounds in instances of this nature.
The fifteenth Property of an humble soul, is, He will rather 1bear wrongs, then revenge wrongs offered. The humble soule knowes that Vengeance is the Lords, and that he will repay, &c, The humble soule loves not to take the sword into his owne hand; he knowes the day is a coming, wherein the Lord will give his Enemies two blowes for one, and here he rests. An humble soule, when wrongs are offered, is like a man with a sword in one hand, and a salve in the other; could wound, but will heale. Psal. 35. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. False witnesses did rise up, they laid to my charge things that I knew not. They rewarded me evill for good, to the spoiling of my soule. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I humbled my soule with fasting, and my prayer returned into my owne 2bosome. I behaved my selfe, as though he had been my friend, or brother. I bowed downe heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother, &c. The Scripture abounds in instances of this nature.