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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.
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, There is a Mantle of Compassion that must be 1cast over the weaknesses and infirmities of weak Saints. When a weak Saint comes to see his sin, and the Lord gives him to lye down in the dust, and to take shame and confusion to himself, that he hath dishonoured God, and caused Christ to bleed afresh, and grieved the Spirit, &c. Oh now thou must draw a covering, and cast a Mantle of love and compassion over his soul, that he may not be swallowed up with sorrow; now thou must confirm thy love to him, and carry it with as great tenderness and sweetness after his fall, as if he had never fallen; this the Apostle presses, 2 Cor. 2. 7. Love, says the wise man, covereth all sin. Loves Mantle is very large: Love claps a Plaster upon every sore; Love ha's two hands, and makes use of both, to hide the scars of weak Saints. Christ, O strong Saints, casts the Mantle of his righteousness over your weaknesses, and will not you cast the Mantle of love over your brothers infirmities?
Thirdly, There is a Mantle of Compassion that must be 1cast over the weaknesses and infirmities of weake Saints. When a weak Saint comes to see his sin, and the Lord gives him to lye downe in the dust, and to take shame and confusion to himselfe, that he hath dishonoured God, and caused Christ to bleed afresh, and griev'd the Spirit, &c. Oh now thou must draw a covering, and cast a Mantle of love and compassion over his soule, that he may not be swallowed up with sorrow; now thou must confirme thy love to him, and carry it with as great tendernesse and sweetnesse after his fall, as if he had never fallen; this the Apostle presses, 2 Cor. 2. 7. Love, sayes the wise man, covereth all sinne. Loves Mantle is very large: Love claps a Plaister upon every soare; Love ha's two hands, and makes use of both, to hide the scarres of weak Saints. Christ, O strong Saints, casts the Mantle of his righteousnesse over your weaknesses, and will not you cast the Mantle of love over your brothers infirmities?
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