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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.
Such souls will bear up against the stream of evil examples, in the worst of times, and in the worst of places. Abraham 1was righteous in Chaldea: Lot was just in Sodom: Daniel holy in Babylon: Job upright and fearing God, in the Land of Uz, which was a profane and most abominable superstitious place: Nehemiah zealous in Damasco. Oh take me a man that hath improved his grace, and the worser the times are, the better that man will be; he will bear up bravely against the stream of evil examples; he will be very good, when times, and all round about him are very bad.
Such soules will bear up against the stream of evill examples, in the worst of times, and in the worst of places. Abraham 1was righteous in Chaldea: Lot was just in Sodome: Daniel holy in Babylon: Job upright and fearing God, in the Land of Ʋz, which was a prophane and most abominable superstitious place: Nehemiah zealous in Damasco. Oh take me a man that hath improved his grace, and the worser the times are, the better that man will be; he will bear up bravely against the stream of evill examples; he will be very good, when times, and all round about him are very bad.
- 1Though the Fishes live in the salt sea, yet they are fresh: So though souls eminently gracious, live among the wicked, yet they retain their spiritualness, freshness, and li•e.Though the Fishes live in the salt sea, yet they are fresh: So though soules eminently gracious, live among the wicked, yet they retaine their spiritualnesse, freshnesse, and li•e.
Some say that Roses grow the sweeter, when they are planted by Garlic: Verily Christians that have gloriously improved their Graces, are like those Roses, they grow sweeter, and sweeter, holier and holier, by wicked men. The best