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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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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. 2God, Christ, Promises, and future Glory. It sweetens all your services, and duties; your best performances are but stinking sacrifices, if they are not attended with the exercise of grace. Grace is that heavenly salt, that makes all our services savoury and sweet in the nostrils of God. Grace is of the greatest and sweetest use to the soul; 'tis an Anchor at sea, and a Shield at land; 'tis a staff to uphold the soul, and a sword to defend the soul; 'tis bread to strengthen the soul, and wine to cheer the soul; 'tis Physic to cure all diseases, and a Plaster to heal all wounds, and a Cordial to strengthen the soul under all faintings, &c. Grace is thy eye to see for Christ, thy ear to hear for Christ, thy head to contrive for Christ, thy tongue to speak for Christ, thy hand to do for Christ, and thy feet to walk with Christ. Grace makes men of the forwardest, sourest, crabbedst natures, to be of a sweet, lovely, amiable, pleasing temper. It turns Lyons into Lambs, Wolves into Sheep, Monsters into 3Men, and Men into Angels, as you may see in Manasseh, Paul, Mary Magdalen, Zacheus, and others: Yet sometimes 4Grace in a rugged unhewn nature, is like a gold ring on a leprous hand, or a Diamond set in iron, or a Jewel in a Swines snout, &c.
Grace is compared to the sweetest things, to sweet Spices, to Wine and Milke: Grace is a beam of the Sun of righteousnesse, 1the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace is a sweet Flower of Paradise, a spark of glory, &c. 'tis cherisht and maintain'd by that sweet word that's sweeter then the honey, or the honeycombe, and by sweet union and communion with the father and the Son: 'Tis exercis'd about the sweetest objects, viz.