A77593:689
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Sermon › The Difference between Christs giving, and the Worlds giving.
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.
When Caesar gave one a great Reward, This, saith he, is too great a gift for me to receive; but saith Caesar, 'Tis not too great a gift for me to give. So though the least gift that Christ gives (in some sense) is too much for us to receive, yet the greatest gifts are not too great for Christ to give.
When Caesar gave one a great Reward, This, saith he, is too great a gift for me to receive; but saith Caesar, 'Tis not too great a gift for me to give. So though the least gift that Christ gives (in some sence) is too much for us to receive, yet the greatest gifts are not too great for Christ to give.
'Tis said of Araunah's, that Noble Jebusite, renowned for his bounty, That he had but a subjects purse, but a Kings heart: But the Lord Jesus hath not only a Kings heart, but he hath also a Kings purse, and gives accordingly.
'Tis said of Araunahs, that Noble Jebusite, renowned for his bounty, That he had but a subjects purse, but a Kings heart: But the Lord Jesus hath not onely a Kings heart, but he hath also a Kings purse, and gives accordingly.
Thirdly, The world give, but they give tauntingly, they give upbraidingly; they hit men in the teeth with the gifts they give: I, but the Lord Jesus Christ gives, and he gives willingly, he upbraids none with the gifts he gives, Jam. 1. 5. If any man lack wisdom, let him ask it of God, that gives liberally, and upbraideth no man. Where Christ gives, there he won't upbraid, neither with present failings, nor former infirmities. Christ is not wont to reproach those to whom he gives the best gifts: He will not cast it in their dish, that he ha's been thus and thus kind unto them; but will