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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.
Fourthly, Tell me, O weak Saints, have not you formerly enjoyed such sweet refreshings while you have been in the very service of God, as hath out-weighed all the troubles and hardships that your souls have met with? I know you have, and you know that you have often found that Scripture made good upon your hearts, Psal. 19. 11. Moreover by them is thy servant warned, and in keeping of them there is great reward. (Mark) he doth not say, For keeping of them there is great reward, though that's a truth: But in keeping 1of them there is great reward. While the soul is at work, God throws in the reward. Don't you remember, O weak Christians, when you have been in the service and way of God, how he hath cast in joy at one time, and peace at another, &c? Oh! the smiles, the kisses, the sweet discoveries that your souls have met with, whilst you have been in his ways. Ah poor souls! don't you know, that one hours being in the bosom of Christ, will make you forget all your hardships? heaven at last will make amends for all; and the more hardships you find in the ways of God, the more ⟨p. 120⟩sweet will heaven be to you, when you come there. O how sweet is a Harbour after a long storm; and a Sun-shine day after a dark and tempestuous night, and a warm Spring, after a sharp winter. The miseries and difficulties that a man meets with in this world, will exceedingly sweeten the glory of that other world.
Fourthly, Tell me, O weake Saints, have not you formerly injoyed such sweet refreshings while you have been in the very service of God, as hath out-wayed all the troubles and hardships that your soules have met with? I know you have, and you know that you have often found that Scripture made good upon your hearts, Psal. 19. 11. Moreover by them is thy servant warned, and in keeping of them there is great reward. (Mark) he doth not say, For keeping of them there is great reward, though that's a truth: But in keeping 1of them there is great reward. While the soule is at work, God throwes in the reward. Don't you remember, O weak Christians, when you have been in the service and way of God, how he hath cast in joy at one time, and peace at another, &c? Oh! the smiles, the kisses, the sweet discoveries that your soules have met with, whilst you have been in his wayes. Ah poore soules! don't you know, that one houres being in the bosome of Christ, will make you forget all your hardships? heaven at last will make amends for all; and the more hardships you find in the wayes of God, the more