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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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Sermon › The Uses of this Point.Sermon › The Ʋses of this Point.
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But secondly, Consider this, You have singular opportunities, and choice advantages to be rich in grace.
But secondly, Consider this, You have singular opportunities, and choyce advantages to be rich in grace.
There is a price put into your hands, but where are your hearts? In former times God gave out grace by drops, but now by Flagons. Opportunities, if not improved, will, as 1that sword that Hector gave Ajax, be turned into your own bowels. This will be a sword in thy bowels, that there hath been soul-enriching opportunities, and thou hast neglected them, and turned thy back upon them. The thoughts of this will one day be the Scorpions that will vex thee, the rod that will lash thee, the thorns that will prick thee, and the worm that will gnaw thee. The Stork (saith the Prophet) knows 2his appointed times, and the Turtle, and the Crane, and the Swallow observe the time of their coming, but my people know not the judgement of the Lord. The Market for your souls is open, slip not your season, least with the foolish Virgins, you 3go to buy when 'tis too late. The Merchant will not slip his opportunity of buying, nor the Sailor his of sailing, nor the Husbandman his of sowing, and why should you slip yours of ⟨p. 224⟩growing rich in grace? Many men loose their souls, as Saul lost his Kingdom, by not discerning their time to be spiritually rich.
There is a price put into your hands, but where are your hearts? In former times God gave out grace by drops, but now by Flaggons. Opportunities, if not improved, will, as