A47465:1111
The display of glorious grace, or, The covenant of peace opened in fourteen sermons…
The display of glorious grace, or, The covenant of peace opened in fourteen sermons lately preached, in which the errors of the present day about reconciliation and justification are detected / by Benjamin Keach.
London: printed by S. Bridge, 1698
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but Dung, that I may win Christ. In his Judgment all things in comparison of Christ were but as Dung, or Dogs-meat. O! that every Soul that ⟨p. 267⟩hears me this Day, would but endeavour to play such a Game as Paul did, or get such Experiences as he had.
5. By this Trade also,1 the Soul is enriched with all the Promises of God, precious Promises, exceeding great and precious Promises; Whereby are given unto us, exceeding great and precious Promises: Whereby,2 that is through the Knowledge of God in Christ; That by these ye may be Partakers of the Divine Nature. Those Promises by which we partake of the Nature, or Image of God, must needs greatly enrich the Soul, it is by and through them we attain to an Impress of the Divine Nature, or Divine Qualities and Dispositions, as Knowledge, Righteousness, Mercy, Goodness, Holiness, &c. They are full Promises, suitable Promises, suited to every Condition, and seasonable Promises, and also sure and certain Promises.
5. By this Trade also,1 the Soul is inriched with all the Promises of God, precious Promises, exceeding great and precious Promises; Whereby are given unto us, exceeding great and precious Promises: Whereby,2 that is through the Knowledge of God in Christ; That by these ye may be Partakers of the Divine Nature. Those Promises by which we partake of the Nature, or Image of God, must needs greatly inrich the Soul, it is by and through them we attain to an Impress of the Divine Nature, or Divine Qualities and Dispositions, as Knowledge, Righteousness, Mercy, Goodness, Holiness, &c. They are full Promises, suitable Promises, suited to every Condition, and seasonable Promises, and also sure and certain Promises.