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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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If the Lord hath given the best Gifts to his people, this should then bespeak his people, not to envy the men of the world, for those lesser favours that God ha's conferred upon them.1
If the Lord hath given the best Gifts to his people, this should then bespeake his people, not to envy the men of the world, for those lesser favours that God ha's confer'd upon them.1
- 1David three several times g•ves himself this counsell, Not to envy at others. Psal. 37. 1, 7, 8. comp: So Psal. 73. 21.David three severall times g•ves himselfe this counsell, Not to envy at others. Psal. 37. 1, 7, 8. comp: So Psal. 73. 21.
It was horrid wickedness in Ahab, to envy poor Naboth, because of his Vineyard: And is it a virtue in you that are Christians, to envy others, because their outward mercies are greater or sweeter then yours? Should the Prince, upon whose head the Royal Crown is set, and about whose neck the golden Chain is put, envy those whose hands are full of Sugarplums, & whose laps are full of Rosemary? &c. Hath not God, Oh Christians! put a Royal Crown of glory upon your heads, and a golden Chain of grace about your necks; and his Sons glorious Robe upon your backs, and why then should your hearts rise against others mercies? Oh! reason your selves out of this sinful temper. I would have every Christian thus to argue, Hath not the Lord given me himself? is not one dram of that grace that God hath given me, more worth then ten thousand worlds? and why then should I envy at others mercies?