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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.
11. Those that Christ died for, he purchased Grace for, Remission of Sin for; and all things in order to make the Redemption of his Blood effectual unto, he purposed to bestow the lesser Grace and Gift upon them, as well as the greater. Would a Man give ⟨p. 253⟩a Million to purchase such an Estate for a Man, and will he refuse to part with five Pounds in order to have it made sure to him for whom he laid down so great a Sum?
12. That Purchase of Remission of Sin, and Salvation, that 1leaves Men under a Certainty of Damnation, is not esteemed Redemption at all; but a Purchase of Remission and Salvation, upon the Condition these Men talk of, leaves most under a Certainty of Damnation, because it is an impossible Condition in respect of Man, he being dead in Sins and Trespasses, therefore can't perform it; and also in respect of Christ, because he never purchased Grace for them to enable them to perform that Condition.
- 1Examen confectionis pacificae.
13. If the Death and Resurrection of Christ shall have its proper Effect, to the Eternal Salvation of all them for whom he died; as a Corn of Wheat that falleth into the Ground, or is sown in the Earth, in that respect hath its Effect; then all for whom he died shall be saved: But his Death, &c. shall have like Effect; see his own Words, And Jesus answered them, saying, The Hour is come that the Son of Man should be glorified. Verily verily I say unto you,