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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 strips the soul stark naked of all the Garments of the old Adam, and leaves not so much as the shirt behind. In this rotten building there is not one stone left upon another: As the Flood drowned Noah's own friends and servants, as well as strangers, so true Repentance drowns all darling lusts. True Repentance is the cutting off the right hand, and the pulling out of the right eye, and is this such an easy thing? surely no. True Repentance is a gift that is from above, and if the Lord does not give it, man will eternally perish for the want of it. You may read much more of this, in my Treatise called HEAVEN ON EARTH.
Repentance strips the soule stark naked of all the Garments of the old Adam, and leaves not so much as the shirt behind. In this rotten building there is not one stone left upon another: As the Flood drowned Noah's owne friends and servants, as well as strangers, so true Repentance drownes all darling lusts. True Repentance is the cutting off the right hand, and the pulling out of the right eye, and is this such an easie thing? surely no. True Repentance is a gift that is from above, and if the Lord does not give it, man will eternally perish for the want of it. You may read much more of this, in my Treatise call'd HEAVEN ON EARTH.
Thirdly, Christ gives his Spirit, Rom. 5. 5. The love of 1God is shed abroad in our hearts, by the holy Ghost which is given unto us. So in 1 John 3. ult. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, (how?) by the spirit which he hath given 2us. So in Chap. 4. 13. The spirit that the Lord Christ gives, is an enlightening spirit, 'tis the Candle of the Lord set up in the hearts of the Saints, to guide them in the way everlasting. 'Tis a sanctifying spirit, a spirit of burning,