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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.
you must say, world stand behind, sin and Satan get you behind us, for the best Gifts, the choicest favours that ever were given, we have received from the father of light; and therefore by his Gifts he hath obliged our souls to give him the best of our time, strength, and services; and therefore we will not be at your call or beck any longer. Oh say! the Lord hath given us the best Gifts, and cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing?
you must say, world stand behind, sin and Satan get you behind us, for the best Gifts, the choycest favours that ever were given, we have received from the father of light; and therefore by his Gifts he hath obliged our soules to give him the best of our time, strength, and services; and therefore we will not be at your call or beck any longer. Oh say! the Lord hath given us the best Gifts, and cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing?
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