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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Secondly, They are Pure Gifts; Christ gives wine without 1water; light without darkness; gold without dross; and sweet without bitter. There's much dross and poison in the Gifts that the world gives, but there's none in the Gifts that Christ gives. The streams are as the fountain is; the fountain is pure, and so are the streams; the branches are ⟨p. 150⟩as the root is, the root is pure, and so are the branches.2
Secondly, They are Pure Gifts; Christ gives wine without 1water; light without darknesse; gold without drosse; and sweet without bitter. There's much drosse and poyson in the Gifts that the world gives, but there's none in the Gifts that Christ gives. The streames are as the fountaine is; the fountaine is pure, and so are the streames; the branches are ⟨p. 150⟩as the root is, the root is pure, and so are the branches.2
Thirdly, The Gifts that Christ gives, are Soul-satisfying Gifts: They are such as are suitable to the soul, and therefore they satisfy the soul. Things satisfy as they suite; there is a Good, and there is a suitable Good, now 'tis only the suitable Good that satisfies the soul of man. A Pardon is most suitable to a condemned man, and therefore it best satisfies him. Health is most suitable to the sick, and therefore it satisfies when 'tis attained, &c. As bread satisfies the hungry soul, and drink the thirsty soul, and clothing the naked soul: So does the Precious Gifts that Christ bestows upon the soul, satisfy the soul: The light, the love, the