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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.
You that it escape, and ruffle it out, and carry it with a high hand, remember this, God will by an invisible power, ⟨p. 58⟩carry the day against you, when you think not of it, he will 1eat you out like a Moth. Isa. 47. 10, 11. For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness, thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge it hath perverted thee: And thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else besides me. Therefore shall evil come upon thee, thou shalt not know from whence it riseth, and mischief shall fall upon thee, thou shalt not be able to put it off. And desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know. Impunity oftentimes causeth impudency, but (Quod defertyr non aufertur) Forbearance is no Acquittance: The longer the hand is lifted up, the heas vier will be the blow at last. Of all Metals, Lead is the coldest, but being melted, it becomes the hottest. Humble souls know how to apply this, and Proud souls shall sooner or later experience this.
You that it escape, and ruffle it out, and carry it with a high hand, remember this, God will by an invisible power, ⟨p. 58⟩carry the day against you, when you think not of it, he will 1eat you out like a Moth. Isa. 47. 10, 11. For thou hast trusted in thy wickednesse, thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisedome and thy knowledge it hath perverted thee: And thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else besides me. Therefore shall evill come upon thee, thou shalt not know from whence it riseth, and mischiefe shall fall upon thee, thou shalt not be able to put it off. And desolation shall come upon thee suddainly, which thou shalt not know. Impunity oftentimes causeth impudency, but (Quod defertyr non aufertur) Forbearance is no Acquittance: The longer the hand is lifted up, the heas vier will be the blow at last. Of all Mettals, Lead is the coldest, but being melted, it becomes the hottest. Humble souleknow how to apply this, and Proud soules shall sooner or later experience this.