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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 have few persons that are generally rich, that is, a rich man indeed, that is generally rich, that is, that is rich in money, and rich in Land, and rich in Commodities, and rich in Jewels, &c. Now the Lord Jesus Christ is one that is generally rich; he is rich in all spirituals, he is rich in goodness, rich in wisdom and knowledge, he is rich in grace, and rich in glory: Yea, he is generally rich in respect of temporals, He is the Heir of all things; he is the Heir of all the Gold in 1the world, and of all the Silver, and of all the Jewels, and of all the Land, and of all the Cattle in the world, as you may see by comparing some Scriptures together, Hos. 2. 5, 8, 9. For their Mother hath played the Harlot, she that conceived them hath done shamefully, for she said, I will go after my Lovers ⟨p. 211⟩that gave me my bread and my water, and my wool, and my flax, my Oil, and my drink. But mark what follows, vers. 8, 9. For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and Oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal; therefore will I return, and take away my Corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax, given to cover her nakedness. So in Psal. 24. 1. The earth is the Lords, and the fullness thereof, the round world, and all that dwell therein: All others are either Usurpers, or Stewards. 'Tis the Lord Jesus that is the great Landlord of Heaven and Earth. So in Psal. 50. 8, 9, 10. I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, or thy burnt-offerings, I will take no Bullock out of thy house, nor He-goats out of thy folds, for every Beast of the Forrest is mine, and the Cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the Fowls of the mountains, and the wild Beasts of the fields are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee, for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof. 'Tis all mine, saith the Lord.
You have few persons that are generally rich, that is, a rich man indeed, that is generally rich, that is, that is rich in money, and rich in Land, and rich in Commodities, and rich in Jewels, &c. Now the Lord Jesus Christ is one that is generally rich; he is rich in all spiritualls, he is rich in goodnesse, rich in wisedome and knowledge, he is rich in grace, and rich in glory: Yea, he is generally rich in respect of temporalls, He is the Heire of all things; he is the Heire of all the Gold in