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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 › The Reasons why God gives his b•st Gifts to his Dearest ones.
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Austin thanked God for this, That his heart and the temptations did not meet. The Lord hath on purpose given these glorious Gifts into the hearts of his Saints, that their souls and temptations may be kept asunder; that though they be tempted, yet they may not be conquered; though they be assaulted, yet they may not be vanquished. Basil, Luther, 1Vincentius, and that famous Marquess Galiasius, &c. met with very strange and strong temptations, but the precious Gifts that the Lord had cast into their bosoms, made them triumph over all. Oh that grace, that peace, that life, that love, that communion with which the Lord had crowned them, made them too great, too noble, and too glorious, to yield to any ⟨p. 155⟩temptations with which they were beset. 'Twas their pleasure, to overcome offered pleasure; their honour, to overcome offered honour; their greatness, to overcome offered greatness.2
Austin thankt God for this, That his heart and the temptations did not meet. The Lord hath on purpose given these glorious Gifts into the hearts of his Saints, that their soules and temptations may be kept asunder; that though they be tempted, yet they may not be conquered; though they be assaulted, yet they may not be vanquished. Basil, Luther, 1Vincentius, and that famous Marquess Galiasius, &c. met with very strange and strong temptations, but the precious Gifts that the Lord had cast into their bosomes, made them triumph over all. Oh that grace, that peace, that life, that love, that communion with which the Lord had crowned them, made them too great, too noble, and too glorious, to yield to any ⟨p. 155⟩temptations with which they were beset. 'Twas their pleasure, to overcome offered pleasure; their honour, to overcome offered honour; their greatnesse, to overcome offered greatnesse.2
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