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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.
First, Consider this, Living up to your Graces, carries 1with it the greatest evidence of the truth of Grace.
- 1If Seneca said of his wise man, Major pa•te illic est, unde descendit, He is more in heaven, then in earth. May not I say this is much more true of the godly, &c.If Seneca said of his wise man, Majore pa•te illic est, unde descendit, He is more in heaven, then in earth. May not I say this is much more true of the godly, &c.
That man that lives not up to his grace, (let him be strong or weak) wants one of the best and strongest demonstrations that can be, to evidence the truth of his grace. If you would have a clear evidence that that little love, that little faith, that little zeal you have, is true; then live up to that love, live up to that faith, live up to that zeal that you have, and this will evidence it beyond all contradiction, &c.
That man that lives not up to his grace, (let him be strong or weak) wants one of the best and strongest demonstrations that can be, to evidence the truth of his grace. If you would have a clear evidence that that little love, that little faith, that little zeale you have, is true; then live up to that love, live up to that faith, live up to that zeale that you have, and this will evidence it beyond all contradiction, &c.