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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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That this may stick upon your souls, I beseech you bed and board, rise and walk with this one Consideration, viz. That all the good you provoke others to, by Counsel or example, shall be put down to your Account. It shall certainly turn to your internal and eternal advantage. In the great day Christ will make honourable mention of all the good that thou hast stirred ⟨p. 196⟩and provoked others too, and will reward thee for it before Angels and men. The faith, the love, the hope, the charity, the patience, &c. that thou hast provoked others too, shall be put down to thy account, as if thou hadst been the only actor of them, &c. As all the sins that men provoke or stir up others to by their Counsel or example, shall be put down to their Accounts: as you may see in David; David did but send a Letter concerning the death of Uriah, and yet the 1charge cometh; Thou hast stain Uriah with the sword; as whatsoever is done, by letter, counsel, or example, to provoke others to sin, shall certainly be charged upon mens accounts at last; so whatsoever good thou doest stir up others to, that 2shall be set upon thy score, and shall turn to thy eternal account in the day of Christ: Oh! who would not then labour, with all their might, even day and night to stir up the Grace of the Lord in themselves and others, seeing it shall turn to such a Glorious Account, in that day wherein Christ shall say (to his Father) Lo here am I, and the children that thou hast given me, &c.
That this may stick upon your souls, I beseech you bed and board, rise and walke with this one Consideration, viz. That all the good you provoke others to, by Counsell or example, shall be put downe to your Account. It shall certainly turne to your internall and eternall advantage. In the great day Christ will make honorable mention of all the good that thou hast stir'd ⟨p. 196⟩and provok't others too, and will reward thee for it before Angels and men. The faith, the love, the hope, the charity, the patience, &c. that thou hast provok't others too, shall be put downe to thy account, as if thou hadst been the onely actor of them, &c. As all the sins that men provoke or stirre up others to by their Counsell or example, shall be put downe to their Accounts: as you may see in David; David did but send a Letter concerning the death of Ʋriah, and yet the