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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.
Thou sayest, Oh! I have but a little grace, a little faith, a little love, a little zeal. Oh know, where there is but a little ⟨p. 83⟩grace, there God expects less obedience, and will accept of less service. 2 Cor. 8. 12. For if there be first a willing mind, 1it is accepted according to that which a man hath, and not according to that which he hath not. The two Mites cast into the Treasury (Luke 21. 3.) by the poor widow, her heart being in the action, were more acceptable, then two Talents cast in by others. Noah's Sacrifice could not be great, and yet it was greatly accepted by God. In the time of the Law God accepted a handful of Meal for a Sacrifice, and a gripe of Goats hair for an Oblation; and certainly God hath lost none of his affections to poor souls, in the time of the Gospel. Cant. 2. 14. Let me hear thy voice, for thy voice is sweet, and thy countenance is lovely. The Hebrew word *signifies any sound, such as Birds or brutes make; their chattering is like lovely Songs in the ear of God; their mite is a sweet Oblation. Parents that have but some drops of that love and tender affection that is in God to his people, yet accept of a very little service from their weak Children, and will not God? In time of strength God looks for much, but in the time of weakness God will bear much, and overlook much, and accept of a little, yea, of a very very little.
Thou sayest, Oh! I have but a little grace, a little faith, a little love, a little zeale. Oh know, where there is but a little ⟨p. 83⟩grace, there God expects lesse obedience, and will accept of lesse service. 2 Cor. 8. 12. For if there be first a willing mind,