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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.
To proceed. ⟨p. 92⟩The twelfth Support is this.
Christ and you are Sharers.1
- 112 Support. The notion of [Greek or Hebrew] is best expressed by Chrysostom, in these words, When mankind fled far from Christ, Christ pursued, and caught hold of it, and this he did by fastening on our Nature, in his Incarnation, &c. The Ancients use to say (commonly) That Alexander and Eph• stion had ba• one soul in two distinct bodies, because their joy and sorrow, glory and disgrace, was mutual to them both. 'Tis so between Christ and his Saints. Their names that are written in red letters of blood in the Churches Calendar, are written in golden letters in Christs Register, in the Book of Life, said Prudentius. In my life-time (said a gracious soul) I have been assaulted with temptations from Satan, and he hath cast my sins into my teeth, to drive me to despair, yet the Lord gave the strength to overcome all his temptations12 Support. The notion of 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 is best expressed by Chrysostome, in these words, When mankind fled farre from Christ, Christ pursued, and caught hold of it, and this he did by fastening on our Nature, in his Incarnation, &c. The Ancients use to say (commonly) That Alexander and Eph• stion had ba• one soule in two distinct bodies, because their joy and sorrow, glory and disgrace, was mutuall to them both. 'Tis so betweene Christ and his Saints. Their names that are written in red letters of blood in the Churches Kalender, are written in golden letters in Christs Register, in the Book of Life, said Prudentius. In my life-time (said a gracious soule) I have been assaulted with temptations from Satan, and he hath cast my sins into my teeth, to drive me to despaire, yet the Lord gave the strength to overcome all his temptations