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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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There was a Soldier, which for breaking his rank, in reaching ⟨p. 162⟩after a bunch of Grapes, was condemned to dye (by Martial Law) and as he went to execution, he went eating of his Grapes: Upon which, some of his fellow Soldiers were somewhat troubled, saying, He ought then to mind somewhat else: To whom he said, I beseech you Sirs do not envy me my Grapes, they will cost me deer; you would be loath to have them at the rate that I must pay for them. So say I, Oh Saints! do not envy the men of this world, because of their honours, riches, &c. for you would be loath to have them at the rate that they must pay for them. Oh! there is a day of reckoning a coming, a day wherein all the Nobles and brave Gallants in the world, must be brought to the Bar, and give an account how they have improved and employed all the favours that God ha's conferred upon them; therefore envy them not. Is it madness and folly in a great favourite at Court, to envy those that feast themselves with the scraps that come from the Princes Table? O then what madness and folly is it, that the favourites of heaven should envy the men of the world, who at best do but feed upon the scraps that come from Gods Tables? Spirituals are the choice meat; temporals are but the scraps: Temporals are the bones, spirituals are the marrow. Is it below a man to envy the dogs, because of the bones? And is it not much more below a Christian, to envy others for temporals, when himself enjoys spirituals?
There was a Souldier, which for breaking his rank, in reaching ⟨p. 162⟩after a bunch of Grapes, was condemned to dye (by Martiall Law) and as he went to execution, he went eating of his Grapes: Upon which, some of his fellow Souldiers were somewhat troubled, saying, He ought then to minde somewhat else: To whom he said, I beseech you Sirs doe not envy me my Grapes, they will cost me deer; you would be loath to have them at the rate that I must pay for them. So say I, Oh Saints! doe not envy the men of this world, because of their honours, riches, &c. for you would be loath to have them at the rate that they must pay for them. Oh! there is a day of reckoning a coming, a day wherein all the Nobles and brave Gallants in the world, must be brought to the Bar, and give an account how they have improved and imployed all the favours that God ha's confer'd upon them; therefore envy them not. Is it madnesse and folly in a great favourite at Court, to envy those that feast themselves with the scrapps that come from the Princes Table? O then what madnesse and folly is it, that the favourites of heaven should envy the men of the world, who at best doe but feed upon the scraps that come from Gods Tables? Spiritualls are the choyce meat; temporalls are but the scraps: Temporalls are the bones, spiritualls are the marrow. Is it below a man to envy the dogs, because of the bones? And is it not much more below a Christian, to envy others for temporalls, when himselfe injoyes spiritualls?