The Unsearchable Riches of Christ

Name: The Unsearchable Riches of Christ
Author: Thomas Brooks

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.

Thomas Brooks 1608–1680London: printed by Mary Simmons for John Hancock, 1655

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The name of grace, and the nature of grace, is very sweet. The Hebrew word that's rendered Grace, signifies favour, and mercy; and it answers to the Greek word Caris, that signifies ¹favour and mercy; and some derive the Greek word from a word that signifies Joy, because grace begets the greatest joy and sweetness in the spirits of men, that possibly can be.

The name of grace, and the nature of grace, is very sweet. The Hebrew word that's rendred Grace, signifies favour, and mercy; and it answers to the Greek word Caris, that signifies ¹favour and mercy; and some derive the Greek word from a word that signifies Joy, because grace begets the greatest joy and sweetnesse in the spirits of men, that possibly can be.

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Grace is compared to the sweetest things, to sweet Spices, to Wine and Milk: Grace is a beam of the Sun of righteousness, ¹the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace is a sweet Flower of Paradise, a spark of glory, &c. 'tis cherished and maintained by that sweet word that's sweeter then the honey, or the honeycomb, and by sweet union and communion with the father and the Son: 'Tis exercised about the sweetest objects, viz.

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