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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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First, Consider, That the more rich the soul is in grace, the higher the soul will be in joy and comfort.
First, Consider, That the more rich the soule is in grace, the higher the soule will be in joy and comfort.
'Tis the greatest measures of grace, that usher in the greatest 1measure of joy and comfort into a believing heart. Christians, have you tasted of the Consolations of God? Have you at times sate down and drank of these wells of salvation? Are your hearts carried out for more of those waters of life? Then labour to be rich in grace. A little Star yields but a little light, and a little grace will yield but a little comfort; but great measures of grace will yield a man not only a Heaven hereafter, but also a Heaven of joy here. Divine comfort is a choice Flower, a precious Jewel, and only to be found in their bosoms that are rich in grace. Spiritual comforts are such Strong-waters, that weak Christians are not able to bear them. Great measures of grace carry with them the greatest evidence of the truth of grace, and the clearer evidence there is in the soul of the truth of grace, the higher will joy and comfort spring. The soul is apt to hang her comforts on every hedge, to shift and shark in every bye corner for comfort; but as air lights not without the Sun, and as fuel heats not without fire, so neither can any thing soundly comfort a Christian, without the God of grace, without his being rich in grace. Great measures of grace carry with them the greatest evidence of a mans union and communion with God; and the more a mans union and communion with God is evidenced, the more 2will the soul be filled with that joy that is unspeakable, and full of glory, and with that comfort and peace that passes understanding. In great measures of grace a man may read most of the love and favour of God; and the more a man sees of the love and favour of God to him, the more high the springs of comfort rise in him. In great measures of grace, as in a Crystal glass, the soul sees the glorious face of God shining and sparkling, and this fills the soul with joy.