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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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Sermon › That the Lord gives his best Gifts, to his best Beloved ones.
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.
I shall not instance in those Common gifts that they have in common with others: But rather show unto you those special gifts that he bestows upon them; and of those I shall single out them that are most choice, and that carry most in them, of the glory, favour, and good will of him that dwelt in the Bush.
I shall not instance in those Common gifts that they have in common with others: But rather shew unto you those speciall gifts that he bestowes upon them; and of those I shall single out them that are most choyce, and that carry most in them, of the glory, favour, and good will of him that dwelt in the Bush.
And the first is this,
He gives Light to his beloved ones; and Light is a pleasant 1thing to behold, as the wise man speaks. He gives spiritual light, which is a mercy of mercies. Ephes. 5. 14. Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall *give thee light. So John 1. 7, 8, 9. He was not that light, but was sent to bear witness of that light that was the ⟨p. 138⟩true light that lighteneth every man that cometh into the world. 3