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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.
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Hath God given thee a Crown, and wilt thou not trust 1him for a crumb? Hath he given thee a house that hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God? Hath he given thee a Kingdom that shakes not, and wilt thou not trust him for a Cottage, for a little house-room in this world? Hath he 2given thee Himself, his Son, his Spirit, his Grace, and wilt thou not trust him to give thee bread, and friends, and 3clothes, and other necessary mercies that he knows thou needest? Ha's he given thee the greater, and will he stand with thee for the lesser? Surely no. Wilt thou trust that man for much, that ha's given thee but a little? And wilt thou not trust that God for a little, that ha's given thee much? Wilt thou not trust him for pence, that ha's given thee pounds. Oh Sirs! hath the Lord given you himself, the best of favours, and will not you trust him for the least ⟨p. 161⟩favours? Hath he given you Pearls, and will not you trust him for pins? &c. Does not the Apostle argue sweetly? Rom. 8. 32. He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also, freely give us 4all things? What? says the Apostle, hath he given us his Son, his only Son, his bosom Son, his beloved Son; the Son of his joy, the Son of his delight? Oh how can he then 5but cast in all other things, as paper and pack-thread, into the bargain? Oh that Christians would learn to reason themselves out of their fears, and out of their distrusts, as the Apostle doth! Oh! that Christians would no longer rend and wrack their precious souls, with fears and cares? but rest satisfied in this, That he that ha's been so kind to them in spirituals, will not be wanting to them in temporals.
Hath God given thee a Crowne, and wilt thou not trust