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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.
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, Isa. 4. 4. He is a fire to enlighten the soul, and a fire to enliven the soul, and 3a fire to warm the soul, &c. Whatsoever is of the spirit is spirit. It is nimble, and lively, and active, and full of life, and motion, as the Spirit is. A man without the spirit of the ⟨p. 140⟩Lord is a dull, dromish Creature, as the Latins call a dull, dromish man, A fire-less man; so we may call a man that hath not the spirit, a spiritless man. The spirit that Christ gives, is A sealing spirit, Ephes. 1. 13. and a Leading spirit, Rom. 8. He leads from sin, he leads from wrath, he leads from the curse; he leads to God, he leads to Christ, he leads to the Promises, he leads to glory, &c.4
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