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A golden mine opened, or, The glory of God's rich grace displayed in the…
A golden mine opened, or, The glory of God's rich grace displayed in the mediator to believers, and his direful wrath against impenitent sinners containing the substance of near forty sermons upon several subjects / by Benjamin Keach.
London: printed by the author, 1694
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.
Sixthly, From the Death of Christ I further argue; No Believer can eternally perish, because his Death was the highest and greatest Expression and Demonstration of Divine Love, both in the Father and Son. Now say I, (as I hinted once before) He that gave the great Gift, will not deny the lesser: Sure if God gave his Son to die for our Sins, he will give us Grace to resist Sin, to mortify Sin, and will also pardon all our Sins: And if Christ died for us, spilt his Blood for us, he will pray for us, he will not refuse to intercede for us, that our Faith may not fail, or we lose the Benefit and Blessings purchased for us by his Death.
He that would not pray for his Friend, or for his Neighbour, will not die for him: But on the other Hand, if he yields himself up to die for him, he will pray for him. Christ died for his Sheep, he will therefore both feed them, heal their Diseases, and preserve them, that they may not be devoured by any Enemy whatsoever; neither by Sin, nor the Devil, &c. See Rom. 5. 10. Rom. 8. 32.
Seventhly, Jesus Christ by his Death purchased Grace, and all 1things his Saints need or shall need, in order to make them meet for Glory; therefore they shall not perish. Do they need Faith, need Patience, need Power against Sin, need Pardon, need Purging, &c. all these things, and whatsoever else they stand in need of, they shall have: My God shall supply all your need according to 2his Riches in Glory, by Jesus Christ. All Grace is in Christ, as the Fruit of his purchase; And of his Fullness all we receive, and