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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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That's a remarkable Scripture, 1 Cor. 3. 1, 2. And I brethren, could not speak unto you, as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto Babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat, for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. The Apostle did not soar aloft in the Clouds, and express the Mysteries of the Gospel in such a dark obscure way, as that poor Creatures could not be able to pick out the mind of God in it: No, but he suited all his discourses to their capacities, and so must you.
That's a remarkeable Scripture, 1 Cor. 3. 1, 2. And I brethren, could not speake unto you, as unto spirituall, but as unto carnall, even as unto Babes in Christ. I have fed you with milke, and not with meat, for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. The Apostle did not soare aloft in the Clouds, and expresse the Mysteries of the Gospel in such a dark obscure way, as that poor Creatures could not be able to pick out the mind of God in it: No, but he suted all his discourses to their capacities, and so must you.
Eighthly, It is your duty to labour to strengthen weak Saints against sin, and to draw them to holiness Argumentatively.
Eightly, It is your duty to labour to strengthen weak Saints against sin, and to draw them to holinesse Argumentatively.
When a strong Saint comes to deal with one that's weak, and would strengthen him against sin, he must do it Argumentatively; and when he would draw to holiness, he must do it Argumentatively