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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.
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.
The special Ends that the Gifts and Graces that God ha's bestowed upon Believers, should be exercised, and improved to. And they are these that follow.
The speciall Ends that the Gifts and Graces that God ha's bestow'd upon Believers, should be exercised, and improved to. And they are these that follow.
First, They are to be improved and exercised to the honour 1of God, to the lifting up of God, and to the keeping up of his name and glory in the world.
FIrst, They are to be improved and exercised to the honour 1of God, to the lifting up of God, and to the keeping up of his name and glory in the world.
He that improves not his gifts and graces to this end, crosses the grand end of Gods bestowing such royal favours on him. Graces and gifts are Talents that God hath given you to trade with, and not to hide in a Napkin. The idle servant, 1in Christs account, was an evil servant: The idle soul, in Christs account, is an evil soul, and accordingly Christ will deal with him.
He that improves not his gifts and graces to this end, crosses the grand end of Gods bestowing such royall favours on him. Graces and gifts are Talents that God hath given you to trade with, and not to hide in a Napkin. The idle servant,