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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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Them that are weak in the faith are to be received by you, because the Lord Jesus ha's received them. Christ does not receive the strong to the glory of God, and cast off the weak: No, the Lord Jesus gathers the weak into his bosom, and tenderly dandles them upon his knee. He receives the weak to glory, as well as the strong; therefore saith the Apostle, As the Lord hath received them, so do you.
Them that are weake in the faith are to be received by you, because the Lord Jesus ha's received them. Christ does not receive the strong to the glory of God, and cast off the weak: No, the Lord Jesus gathers the weak into his bosome, and tenderly dandles them upon his knee. He receives the weak to glory, as well as the strong; therefore saith the Apostle, As the Lord hath received them, so doe you.
Bucer ejected none, in whom he saw (Aliquid Christi) Any thing of Christ: But gave them the right hand of fellowship. Such persons and Churches can never answer it to Christ, that keep the door of admission shut against souls truly gracious, though they are but weak in grace, though they have not attained to such a measure of light, or degrees of love, or to such perfections in holiness, as such and such have done: No, the standing Rule is, Him whom the Lord hath received, receive.
Bucer ejected none, in whom he saw (Aliquid Christi) Any thing of Christ: But gave them the right hand of fellowship. Such persons and Churches can never answer it to Christ, that keep the door of admission shut against soules truly gracious, though they are but weak in grace, though they have not attain'd to such a measure of light, or degrees of love, or to such pe••ections in holinesse, as such and such have done: No, the standing Rule is, Him whom the Lord hath received, receive.