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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.
Thirdly, Remember, O weak Saint, That all those hardships that thou meetest with, do only reach the outward man.
Thirdly, Remember, O weak Saint, That all those hardships that thou meetest with, doe onely reach the outward man.
They only reach the ignoble, the baser part of man; they ⟨p. 119⟩meddle not, they touch not the noble part. With my mind I serve the Law of God, though with my flesh the Law of sin, Rom. 7. 22. And, vers. 25. I delight in the Law of God, after the inward man. And indeed, many of the Heathen have encouraged themselves for this very consideration, against the troubles and dangers of this life. All the Arrows that are 1shot at a Christian, stick in his Buckler, they never reach his conscience, his soul. The raging waves beat sorely against Noah's Ark, but they touched not him. The soul is of too noble a nature to be touched by troubles. Jacob's hard service under Laban, and his being nipped by the frost in winter, and 2scorched by the Sun in summer, did only reach his outward man; his soul had high communion, and sweet fellowship with God, under all his hardships. Ah Christian! bear up bravely, for whatever hardships thou meetest with in the ways of God, shall only reach thy outward man; and under all these hardships thou mayest have as high and sweet 3communion with God, as if thou hadst never known what hardships meant.
They onely reach the ignoble, the baser part of man; they ⟨p. 119⟩