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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.
It was an excellent saying of Luther, speaking of this blood 1of Christ, One little drop of this blood (saith he) is more worth then heaven and earth. Your pardon swims to you in blood, your peace swims to you in blood, your reconciliation is made by blood, your acceptation is wrought by ⟨p. 141⟩blood, &c. Sanguis Christi clavis coeli, Christs Blood is Heavens Key. Christs blood is a Preservative against the greatest evils; Christs blood (as Pliny saith of Polium) is a Preservative against Serpents, &c.
It was an excellent saying of Luther, speaking of this blood 1of Christ, One little drop of this blood (saith he) is more worth then heaven and earth. Your pardon swims to you in blood, your peace swims to you in blood, your reconciliation is made by blood, your acceptation is wrought by ⟨p. 141⟩blood, &c. Sanguis Christi clavis coeli, Christs Blood is Heavens Key. Christs blood is a Preservative against the greatest evills; Christs blood (as Pliny saith of Polium) is a Preservative against Serpents, &c.
- 1Una guttula plus valet quam coelum & terra-Luth.Ʋna guttula plus valet quam coelum & terra-Luth.
Fifthly, Christ gives Pardon of sin, and do you know what a mercy that is? Ask the troubled soul, ask the soul that knows what it means to lye under the wrath of the Almighty, and he will tell you that pardon of sin is a gift more worth then a thousand worlds. Now that pardon of sin is a gift of God, you may see in