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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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When one heard the King of Persia styled, The Great King; saith he, I acknowledge none more excellent then my self, unless more righteous; nor none greater, unless better. Grace, as it's bred by the noblest means, so 'tis preserved and maintained in the soul, by the choicest means, viz. Union, ⟨p. 145⟩and Communion with God, &c. Grace is glory in the bud, and glory is grace at the full. Grace makes a man all glorious 1within and without. Grace is a ring of gold, and Christ is the sparkling Diamond in that ring.
When one heard the King of Persia stil'd, The Great King; saith he, I acknowledge none more excellent then my selfe, unlesse more righteous; nor none greater, unlesse better. Grace, as it's bred by the noblest means, so 'tis preserved and maintained in the soule, by the choycest means, viz. Ʋnion, ⟨p. 145⟩and Communion with God, &c. Grace is glory in the bud, and glory is grace at the full. Grace makes a man all glorious 1within and without. Grace is a ring of gold, and Christ is the sparkling Diamond in that ring.
Eighthly, He gives Peace. John 14. 27. My peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you; not as the world 1giveth, give I unto you. Christ gives peace with God, and peace with Conscience, and peace with the Creatures. (Dulce nomen pacis) The very name of Peace is sweet.