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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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Again, this spirit is A comforting spirit, John 14. 16. and A pleading spirit, Rom. 8. 26. Every Christian ha's three Advocates pleading for him. The first is that Divine Love that is in the bosom of the father. The second is the Lord Jesus, that is at the right hand of the father. And the third is the holy Spirit, that is one with the father.
Againe, this spirit is A comforting spirit, John 14. 16. and A pleading spirit, Rom. 8. 26. Every Christian ha's three Advocates pleading for him. The first is that Divine Love that is in the bosome of the father. The second is the Lord Jesus, that is at the right hand of the father. And the third is the holy Spirit, that is one with the father.
Fourthly, He gives his Blood, the blood of Christ, is a gift of Christ to his beloved ones, Mat. 20. 28. The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. So in John 10. 11. I am the good Sheppard, the good Sheppard giveth his life for his sheep. His blood was the purest blood, his humane nature being most pure; his blood was the noblest blood, and therefore called 1in Scripture, The Blood of God, by reason of the conjunction of the Divine Nature with the humane. It was his lifeblood, his heart-blood, that he gave; it was not the blood of his finger, but the blood of his heart; it was precious blood.2