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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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'Tis said of Satan, that he should say to a holy man, who was much in the exercise of grace, (Tu me semper vincis) Thou doest always overcome me. Ephes. 6. 16. Above all take the shield of faith, whereby ye may be able to quench the fiery darts of the Devil. Whatsoever piece of Armour you neglect, be sure that you neglect not the Shield of faith. The Greek word that's here rendered a Shield, comes from another 1word that signifies a door, or a gate; to note, that as a door or a gate doth secure our bodies, so will the shield of faith secure our souls against the fiery darts of the Devil. Above all take the shield of faith, whereby ye may be able to quench all the fiery darts of the Devil. The Apostle alludes to the custom of the Scythians, who used to dip the heads of their Arrows, or Darts, in the gall of Asps and Vipers, the venomous heat of which, like a fire in their flesh, killed the wounded with torments, the likest hell of any other: But the Soldiers then had generally Shields of raw neat's leather, as *several Writers testify, and when the fiery darts lighted ⟨p. 175⟩upon them, they were presently quenched. So these fiery darts of Satan, when they light upon the shield of faith, they are presently quenched, and there is no other way to do it; till the Lord draw out a mans faith to act upon the Promises, and upon Christ, these fiery darts will not be quenched.
'Tis said of Satan, that he should say to a holy man, who was much in the exercise of grace, (Tu me semper vincis) Thou doest alwayes overcome me. Ephes. 6. 16. Above all take the shield of faith, whereby ye may be able to quench the fiery darts of the Devil. Whatsoever piece of Armour you neglect, be sure that you neglect not the Shield of faith. The Greek word that's here rendred a Shield, comes from another 1word that signifies a doore, or a gate; to note, that as a doore or a gate doth secure our bodies, so will the shield of faith secure our soules against the fiery darts of the Devill. Above all take the shield of faith, whereby ye may be able to quench all the fiery darts of the Devil. The Apostle alludes to the custome of the Scythians, who used to dip the heads of their Arrowes, or Darts, in the gall of Aspes and Vipers, the venomous heat of which, like a fire in their flesh, kill'd the wounded with torments, the likest hell of any other: But the Souldiers then had generally Shields of raw neats leather, as