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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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Sixthly, Christ gives Precious Promises. 2. Pet. 1. 4. 1Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and Precious Promises, &c. The Promises are a precious Book, every leaf drops myrrh, and mercy. The Promises are golden Vessels that are laden with the choicest Jewels that heaven can afford, or the soul desire. All our spiritual, temporal, and eternal good, is to be found in the belly of the Promises. Promises are big-bellied mercies, there's nothing you can truly call a mercy, but you will find it in the belly of a Promise; under all changes they are the comfort, support, and relief of the soul, Psal. 119. 49, 50. Remember thy word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. This is my comfort in my affliction, for thy word hath quickened me. If the soul groan under the power of sin, then that Promise relieves it, Rom. 6. 14. For sin shall not have dominion over you, for ye are not under the Law, but under grace. If the soul groan under the guilt of sin, then that Promise relieves it, Jer. 33. 8. I will pardon all their iniquities whereby they have sinned against me, &c. And that Promise, Isa. 243. 25. I, even I am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for my own sake, and will not remember thy sins. I, even I am he, blotting out thy transgression. I, even I, whom thou hast offended; I, even I, whom thou hast provoked; I, even I, whose glorious name thou hast profaned; I, even I, whose righteous Law thou hast violated; I, even I, whose holy Covenant thou hast transgressed; I, even I, whose mercies thou hast despised; I, even I, whose Chastisements thou hast slighted, will blot out thy transgressions for my own sake. I, even I, is a passionate and emphatical expression; Gods goodness runs over to sinful Creatures; and Where sin abounds, there grace doth super-abound.