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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
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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.
Bear the infirmities: Mark, he doth not say the Enormities, but the infirmities,; he doth not say the wickedness, but the weakness. The strong ought to bear with the infirmities of the weak. The Lord bears with the weakness of his Children. Peter is weak, and sinful through weakness, he will not let the Lord Jesus wash his feet, John 13. but the Lord Jesus knowing that this was from weakness, and not from wickedness, he passes it over, and notwithstanding his unkind refusal, he washes his feet. Thomas is very weak, I 1will not believe (says he) except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side. Now ⟨p. 125⟩this Christ bears with much tenderness, and sweetness; as you may see in vers. 27. Then said he to Thomas, reach hither thy fingers, and behold my hands, and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side, and be not faithless, but believing. The Lord Jesus doth as it were open his wounds afresh; he overlooks his weakness. Well, saith he, seeing it is so, that thou wilt not believe, I will rather bleed afresh, then thou shalt dye in thy unbelief. So the three Disciples that Christ had singled out to watch with him one hour, Mat. 26. they showed a great deal of weakness to be sleeping, when their Lord was a sorrowing; to be snorting, when their Saviour was sighing, &c. Yet Christ bears this, and carries it sweetly towards them, and excuses their weakness, vers. 41. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. Oh how sweetly doth the Lord carry it! Every new man is two men, he hath a contrary principle in him; the flesh, and the spirit: The spirit, the Noble part is willing; but the flesh, the ignoble part, is weak, and way-ward.
Bear the infirmities: Mark, he doth not say the Inormities, but the infirmities,; he doth not say the wickednesse, but the weaknesse. The strong ought to bear with the infirmities of the weake. The Lord bears with the weaknesse of his Children. Peter is weak, and sinfull through weaknesse, he will not let the Lord Jesus wash his feet, John 13. but the Lord Jesus knowing that this was from weaknesse, and not from wickednesse, he passes it over, and notwithstanding his unkind refusall, he washes his feet. Thomas is very weak, I