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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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You look upon those as very rich, that keep open house for all comers and goers; why, such a one is the Lord Jesus Christ, he keeps open house for all comers and goers, for all created creatures both in heaven and earth. Psal. 104. 24. The earth is full of thy riches, so is the great and wide sea, where are things creeping innumerable, both small and great. He opens his hand, and he satisfies every living creature, says the Psalmist. So Isa. 55. 1. Ho every one that thirsteth let him come and buy wine and milk without money, and without price; wherefore doest thou lay out thy money for that which is not bread, and thy strength for that which doth not profit? All Creatures, high and low, honourable and base, noble and ignoble, blessed and cursed, are fed, at the cost and charge of the Lord Jesus Christ: They are all fed at his Table, ⟨p. 209⟩and maintained by what comes out of his treasury, his purse. All Angels and Saints above, and all Saints and sinners below, are beholding to Christ for what they enjoy. Oh the multitudes, the numberless number of those that live upon the cost and charge of Christ! Can you number the Stars of heaven? Can you number the sands upon the sea-shore? Then may you number the multitudes, the millions of Angels and men that are maintained upon the cost and charge of the Lord Jesus. In Col. 1. 16, 17. For by him were all things created that are in heaven and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be Thrones, or Dominions, or Principalities, or Powers, all things were created by him, and for him. And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
You look upon those as very rich, that keep open house for all commers and goers; why, such a one is the Lord Jesus Christ, he keeps open house for all commers and goers, for all created creatures both in heaven and earth. Psal. 104. 24. The earth is full of thy riches, so is the great and wide sea, where are things creeping innumerable, both small and great. He opens his hand, and he satisfies every living creature, sayes the Psalmist. So