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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 third Proposition concerning Pride, is this,
Pride is a sin that shells forth, and shows it self, not one way, but many ways.
Pride is a sin that shales forth, and shewes it selfe, not one way, but many wayes.
For instance:
First, Sometimes it shows it self in the looks. Prov. 6. 17. he tells you of seven things that the Lord hates, and one 1is, A proud look. The Hebrew word there, is, The haughty eye. The haughty eye God hates. Mens hearts usually show themselves in their eyes. Psal. 131. 1. Mine heart is not haughty, nor mine eye lofty. There be such who show pride in their very looks, but the Lord looks aloof at them,