A77593:736
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.
Thirdly, The next Use is this,
If the Lord hath given the best Gifts to his people, then Oh that his people would not give God the worst, but the best of every thing!1
- 1'Tis the most wicked avarice, to defraud God of the oblation of our selves, saith Chrysost.'Tis the most wicked a•a•ice, to defraud God of the oblation of our selves, saith Chrysost.
Oh! give the Lord the best of your strength, the best of your time, the best of your mercies, and the best of your services, who hath given to your souls the best of Gifts. Num. 18. 29. Out of all your Gifts ye shall offer every heave Offering of the Lord, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it. So I say, of all thy Offerings offer God the best, who hath given to thee the best and greatest Gifts. So in Exod. 35. 22. For the service of the Tabernacle they brought bracelets, and ear-rings, and rings, and tables, all Jewels of 1gold: and every man that Offered, Offered an Offering of Gold unto the Lord. They gave the best of the best, and so must we. O do not offer to God, the worst of your time, the worst of your strength, the worst of your mercies, the worst of your services. That same is a very dreadful Text,