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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.
None on earth are so near to God, and so high in their communion with God, as humble souls. And as they have the clearest Visions of God, so those actions of God give them the fullest sight and knowledge of their own sinfulness and nothingness. So in Job 42. 4, 5. I have heard of thee with the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye hath seen 1thee, I abhor my self in dust and ashes. Isa. 6. 1. 5. In a Vision the Lord discovers his glory to the Prophet, then vers. 5. Woe is me (saith he) for I am undone (Or I am cut off) why? because I am a man of unclean lips, and have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts. Oh the Vision that I have had of the glory of God, hath given me such a clear and full sight of my own vileness and baseness, that I can't but loath and abhor my self. When Abraham draws near to God, then he accounts himself but dust and ashes, Gen. 18. 26, 27. The Angels that are near God, that stand before him, they cover their faces with two wings, as with a double Scarf, in the 6 of Isa. ver. 2.
None on earth are so neere to God, and so high in their communion with God, as humble soules. And as they have the cleerest Visions of God, so those actions of God give them the fullest sight and knowledge of their owne sinfullnesse and nothingnesse. So in Job 42. 4, 5. I have heard of thee with the hearing of the eare, but now mine eye hath seene 1thee, I abhor my selfe in dust and ashes. Isa. 6. 1. 5. In a Vision the Lord discovers his glory to the Prophet, then vers. 5. Woe is me (saith he) for I am undone (Or I am cut off) why? because I am a man of uncleane lips, and have seene the King, the Lord of Hosts. Oh the Vision that I have had of the glory of God, hath given me such a clear and full sight of my owne vilenesse and basenesse, that I can't but loath and abhor my selfe. When Abraham drawes neer to God, then he accounts himselfe but dust and ashes,