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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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He hath maintained his Court above and below, upon his own cost and charge, for almost six thousand years. Oh to keep such a multitude, if it were but for a day, would speak him out to be richer then all the Princes in the World: But to keep so many millions, and to keep them so long, what do's this speak out, but that Christ is infinitely rich, rich in goodness and mercy. It would beggar all the Princes on earth, to keep but one day the least part of those that Christ maintains every day, &c.
He hath maintained his Court above and below, upon his owne cost and charge, for almost six thousand years. Oh to keep such a multitude, if it were but for a day, would speak him out to be richer then all the Princes in the World: But to keep so many millions, and to keep them so long, what do's this speak out, but that Christ is infinitely rich, rich in goodnesse and mercy. It would begger all the Princes on earth, to keep but one day the least part of those that Christ maintaines every day, &c.
But Fourthly, You may judge of the riches of Christ by this, That he doth not only enrich all the Saints, but all of the Saints.
But Fourthly, You may judge of the riches of Christ by this, That he doth not onely inrich all the Saints, but all of the Saints.
That is, He enriches all the faculties of their souls, he enriches their understandings with glorious light, their consciences with quickness, pureness, tenderness, and quietness; and their wills with holy intentions, and heavenly resolutions, and their affections of love, joy, fear, &c. with life, heat, and warmth, and with the beauty and glory of the most soul-enriching, soul-delighting, soul-ravishing, and soul-contenting objects, &c. All Saints experiences seal to this truth, and therefore a touch shall suffice, &c.