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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.
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Repentance. Repentance is not a Flower that grows in Natures Garden. Acts 5. 31. Him hath God the father exalted, to be a Prince and a Saviour to give Repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. So in 2 Tim. 2. 25. The servant of the Lord must in meekness instruct those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give them Repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. By these Scriptures 'tis clear that Repentance is no flower that grows in Natures Garden, though Arminians teach and Print, That if men will but put out their power and their strength, they may repent, &c. But several that have been of this Opinion, have experienced the falseness of it, when it ha's been too late. The Ethiopian cannot change his skin, nor the Leopard his spots, Jer. 13. 23. And certainly, if there were such a power in man to repent, ⟨p. 139⟩as some would make the world believe, man would never miscarry everlastingly, for his not repenting. Oh! is it good dwelling with everlasting burnings? with a devouring fire? Is it good being for ever shut out from the presence of the 1Lord, and the glory of his power? Certainly if there were such a power in vain man to repent, no man would go to hell for not repenting. And many that have boasted much of their abilities to repent, when they have been upon a dying bed, would have given a thousand worlds (were there so many in their power) that they could but repent.
Repentance. Repentance is not a Flower that growes in Natures Garden. Acts 5. 31. Him hath God the father exalted, to be a Prince and a Saviour to give Repentance to Israel, and forgivenesse of sins. So in 2 Tim. 2. 25. The servant of the Lord must in meeknesse instruct those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give them Repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. By these Scriptures 'tis clear that Repentance is no flower that growes in Natures Garden, though Arminians teach and Print, That if men will but put out their power and their strength, they may repent, &c. But severall that have been of this Opinion, have experienced the falsenesse of it, when it ha's been too late. The Ethiopian cannot change his skin, nor the Leopard his spots,