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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 seventh Proposition is this,
Pride un-mans a man, it makes him do acts that are below a man.
Pride un-mans a man, it makes him doe acts that are below a man.
As you may see in Pharaoh, Haman, Herod, Nebuchadnezzar, &c. It makes men Bedlams, to say they know not what, and to do they care not what. It was Pride that made Hildebrand to cause Henry the Fourth to stand 3 days at his Gate, with his Wife, & his Child, barefooted. It was Pride that made Adoni-bezek cause three-score and ten Kings (with 1their Thumbs and great Toes cut off) to gather their meat under his Table. Oh what wretched un-manly acts, hath the Pride of many persons put them upon!
As you may see in Pharoah, Haman, Herod, Nebuchadnezzar, &c. It makes men Bedlams, to say they know not what, and to doe they care not what. It was Pride that made Hildebrand to cause Henry the Fourth to stand 3 dayes at his Gate, with his Wife, & his Child, barefooted. It was Pride that made Adoni-bezek cause three-score and ten Kings (with 1their Thumbs and great Toes cut off) to gather their meat under his Table. Oh what wretched un-manly acts, hath the Pride of many persons put them upon!