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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.
Of all sins, Pride is most dangerous to the souls of Men.
Of all sinnes, Pride is most dangerous to the soules of Men.
Pride is a sin that will put the soul upon the worst of sins. Pride is a gilded misery, a secret poison, a hidden plague. 'Tis the Engineer of deceit, the Mother of hypocrisy, the Parent of envy, the Moth of holiness, the blinder of hearts, the turner of Medicines into Maladies, and 1Remedies into diseases. 'Tis the Original and root of most of those notorious Vices that be to be found among the Children of men. It was pride that put Herod upon seeking the blood of Christ. 'Twas Pride that put the Pharisees upon the persecuting of Christ. 'Twas Pride that made Athaliah destroy all the seed Royal of the house of Judah, that he might reign, 2 Chron. 21. 10. 'Twas Pride that put Joab upon murdering perfidiously, under colour of friendship, Abner, 2 Sam. 3. 27. and Amasa, 2 Sam. 10. 9, 10. Zimri out of Ambition to Reign, murdered Elah his Lord, 1 Kings 16. 8, 9, 10. Omri out of Pride and Ambition to Reign, rose up against Zimri, and enforced him to burn himself in the Kings Palace, 1 Kings 16. 18. 'Tis Pride that hath ushered in all the contentions that be in Townes, Cities, Countries, Families, and Pulpits, throughout the world. It was Pride, and Ambition to Reign, that put Absalom upon pursuing his Fathers life, from whom he had received life.
Pride is a sin that will put the soule upon the worst of sinnes. Pride is a gilded misery, a secret poyson, a hidden plague. 'Tis the Ingeneere of deceipt, the Mother of hypocrisie, the Parent of envy, the Moth of holinesse, the blinder of hearts, the turner of Medicines into Malladies, and