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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.
1Lastly, God is an Eternal Good, all Earthly Good will fail, it lasteth but for a moment, but God and his Goodness endures for ever; Why boasteth thou thy self in mischief, 2O mighty Man? The Goodness of God endureth continually. His Love, Mercy, and Goodness to his People is not fading and inconstant, but everlasting and unchangeable; the Love of God will eternally be running and flowing forth, so that our Joy, Peace and Satisfaction will never end, our Portion wasteth not, it will never be spent, God is an Eternal Reward.
1Lastly, God is an Eternal Good, all Earthly Good will fail, it lasteth but for a moment, but God and his Goodness indures for ever; Why boasteth thou thy self in mischief, 2O mighty Man? The Goodness of God endureth continually. His Love, Mercy, and Goodness to his People is not fading and inconstant, but everlasting and unchangable; the Love of God will eternally be running and flowing forth, so that our Joy, Peace and Satisfaction will never end, our Portion wasteth not, it will never be spent, God is an Eternal Reward.
- 1God an Eternal good.
- 2Ps. 52.1.
II. As Divine Goodness is that Man's who hath God to be his God, so is Divine Strength his also to support, uphold, and strengthen all that are his People;1 My Flesh and my Heart faileth, but God is the Strength of my Heart, and my Portion for ever: When God becomes our God, he is our Shield, and our exceeding great Reward, our Rest, our Fortress, our High Tower, &c. when God made that Promise to Abraham, it is as if he should say, I and all my Attributes are thine, for thy Use and Benefit; my Power is thine, my Arm is thine;