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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.
I answer:
First, By a free and frequent acknowledgement, that all §Answ.your graces flow from the Lord Jesus, the fountain of grace. 1 John 16. Of his fullness we all receive grace for grace. Jam. 1. 17. Every good and perfect gift comes down from above, &c. Thou must say, O Christian, I have nothing but what I 1have received, I have no light, no life, no love, no joy, no peace, but from above. The Jewels that hang in my breasts, and the Chains of Pearl that be about my neck, and the golden Crown that is upon my head, and all sparkling Diamonds 2in that Crown, are all from above. All those Princely Ornaments by which I am made more beautiful and lovely, then others; and all those beds of spices, and sweet flowers, by which I am made more desirable, and dilectable, is from above. Say I am nothing, I have nothing of my own; all I am, and all I have, is from on high: We have given thee of 3thine own, says David. So do thou say, Lord, the love with which I love thee, is thine own; and the faith by which I hang upon thee, is thine own; and the fear by which I fear 4before thee, is thine own; and the joy which I rejoice before thee with, is thine own; and the patience with which I wait upon thee, is thine own, &c, And therefore say as David did, upon the receipt of mercy, Blessed be thou Lord God of Israel, our father for ever and ever. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the Majesty, for all that is in the heaven, and in the earth, is thine: Thine is the Kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all, and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. Now therefore our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.