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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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A second Ground of this, is,
Because he is Ordained by the father to convey all riches of Grace to his chosen and beloved ones.
John 1. 16. Of his fullness we all receive grace for grace. And this we receive by Divine ordination. John 6. 27. Labour not (saith Christ) for the meat that perisheth, but for that which endureth to everlasting life, which the Son of man 1shall give unto you, for him hath God the father sealed. God the father hath sealed Christ, he hath designed Christ, he hath set Christ apart for this very work, that he might give grace unto us. God hath ordained to convey all fullness of light to the Air by the Sun, and therefore hath put a greater fullness of light into the Sun. God hath ordained all fullness of nourishment to the branches, by the roots, and therefore hath put a fullness of juice into the roots: So the Lord hath ordained that all the riches of grace, of peace, of glory, &c. that Believers shall enjoy here and in Heaven, they shall have from this Son of righteousness, from this blessed root the Lord Jesus Christ; and therefore the father hath filled this Son with light, this root with heavenly juice, because he is by Divine ordination to convey all spiritual and glorious 2Riches into the hearts of his chosen and beloved ones.
John 1. 16. Of his fullnesse we all receive grace for grace. And this we receive by Divine ordination.