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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.
There is the seed of all sins, of the vilest and worst of sins, in the best men. When thou seest another drunk, thou mayest 1see the seed of that sin in thy own nature. When thou seest another unclean, the seeds of uncleanness thou mayest see in thy own nature. And in that thou doest not act uncleanness as others, it arises not from the goodness of thy nature, but from the riches of Gods grace. Remember this, there is not a worse nature in Hell, then that that is in thee; and it would discover it self accordingly, if the Lord did not restrain it, it would carry thee to those horrid acts that are against the very light of nature.2
There is the seed of all sins, of the vilest and worst of sins, in the best men. When thou seest another drunk, thou mayest 1see the seed of that sin in thy owne nature. When thou seest another unclean, the seeds of uncleannesse thou mayest see in thy owne nature. And in that thou doest not act uncleannesse as others, it arises not from the goodnesse of thy nature, but from the riches of Gods grace. Remember this, there is not a worse nature in Hell, then that that is in thee; and it would discover it selfe accordingly, if the Lord did not restraine it, it would carry thee to those horrid acts that are against the very light of nature.