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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.
Sermon › The Reasons why God gives his b•st Gifts to his Dearest 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.
Now the fourth Reason of the Point, is, Because Christ expects more from his people, then he doth from all the world besides; therefore he gives them the best Gifts.
Where the Lord expects and looks for most, there he gives 1most. Though Believers are but A little little flock; though they are but A remnant; though they are A fountain sealed, A spring shut up, A Garden enclosed; yet Christ looks for more from them, then from all the world besides: He looks for more love from them, then from all the world besides; and he expects more service from them, then from all the world besides; and he looks for more honour from them, then from all the world besides, Mal. 1. 6. A Son honoureth his father, and a servant his Master; if I am your ⟨p. 154⟩father, where is my honour? And if I am your master, where is my fear? He looks for more fear from them, then from all the world besides; and for more honour from them, then from all the world besides; and for more prayers and praises 2from them, then from all the world besides.
Where the Lord expects and looks for most, there he gives 1most. Though Believers are but A little little flock; though they are but A remnant; though they are A fountaine sealed, A spring shut up, A Garden inclosed; yet Christ looks for more from them, then from all the world besides: He looks for more love from them, then from all the world besides; and he expects more service from them, then from all the world besides; and he looks for more honour from them, then from all the world besides,