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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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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 second end to which you must improve your gifts and 1graces, is, To the good of others. Psal. 66. 16. Come and hear all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. Psal. 34. 8. O taste and see that the Lord is good, blessed is the man that trusteth in him. God ha's given you gifts and grace, to that very end, that you should improve them for others good. 'Tis the very nature of grace to be diffusive and communicative; grace can't be long concealed. The better any thing is, the more communicative it will be. Grace is as fire in the bones, as new Wine in the bottles, you cannot hide it, you must give vent to it. Acts 4. 20. We cannot but speak the things that we have heard and seen; as Croesus his dumb Son did for his father. Can the fire cease to turn all combustible matter into fire? Can the Candle once throughly lighted, cease to spend it self for the enlightening of others? then may the precious Sons of Zion cease to give light to others by their examples, counsels, and ⟨p. 190⟩communicating their experiences. No way to honour God, no way to win souls, nor no way to increase your own gifts and graces, then to exercise them for the good of others. Grace is not like to worldly vanities, that diminish by distribution; nor like Candles, which keep the same light, though a thousand are lighted by them. Grace is like the widows Oil, which multiplied by pouring out; and like those 2Talents, which doubled by employment.
The second end to which you must improve your gifts and 1graces, is, To the good of others. Psal. 66. 16. Come and hear all ye that feare God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soule.