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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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The precious favours God confers upon his, make them temptation-proof, they make believers trample upon the most amiable baits, How can I do this great wickedness, and 1sin against God? says Joseph: Josephs sense of Potiphars favours heaped upon him, strengthened him against the impudent solicitations of his wanton Mistress; and shall not the singular favours that God confers upon his dearest ones, strengthen them against Satan's assaults? Surely gracious hearts are wrought more upon, and bettered and strengthened more by spirituals, then by temporals; by eternals, then by externals, and if Satan don't find it so, I am much mistaken. Well, remember this, Satan's overcoming the Saints gives him the greatest advantage to boast and triumph over Christ.
The precious favours God confers upon his, make them temptation-proof, they make believers trample upon the most amiable baits, How can I doe this great wickednesse, and 1sin against God? sayes Joseph: Josephs sense of Potiphars favours heaped upon him, strengthned him against the impudent sollicitations of his wanton Mistress; and shall not the singular favours that God confers upon his dearest ones, strengthen them against Satans assaults? Surely gracious hearts are wrought more upon, and bettered and strengthned more by spiritualls, then by temporalls; by eternalls, then by externalls, and if Satan don't find it so, I am much mistaken. Well, remember this, Satans overcoming the Saints gives him the greatest advantage to boast and triumph over Christ.
- 1Gen. 39.
Ambrose brings in the Devil boasting against Christ, and 1