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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.
I answer, Yes, and that in four Cases.
I answer, Yes, and that in foure Cases.
1 When 'tis not Modest, but carries with it provocation to lust and wantonness. Prov. 7. 10. There met the young man A woman in the Attire of an Harlot. The Hebrew word signifies a Habit or Ornament finely set and fitted to the body. And saith the Text, She was subtle of heart, or trust up about the Breasts, with her upper parts naked, so Levi-Ben-Gersom reads the words, She met him with her naked Breasts: At this day too commonly used, by such as would not be held Harlots. Oh what a horrid shame and reproach is it to Religion, the ways of God, and the people of God, that Professors should go so. One saith, That superfluous Apparel is worse then whoredom, because whoredom ⟨p. 52⟩only corrupts chastity, but this corrupts Nature. Another saith, If women adorn themselves so as to provoke men to lust after them, though no ill follow upon it, yet those women shall suffer eternal damnation, because they offered poison to others, though none would drink of it.
1 When 'tis not Modest, but carries with it provocation to lust and wantonnesse. Prov. 7. 10. There met the young man A woman in the Attire of an Harlot. The Hebrew word signifies a Habit or Ornament finely set and fitted to the body. And saith the Text, She was suttle of heart, or trust up about the Breasts, with her upper parts naked, so Levi-Ben-Gersom reads the words, She met him with her naked Breasts: At this day too commonly used, by such as would not be held Harlots. Oh what a horrid shame and reproach is it to Re•igion, the wayes of God, and the people of God, that Professors should goe so. One saith, That superfluous Apparrell is worse then whoredoome, because whoredome