A47542:1230
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.
he can lay any Storm that may arise in the Soul at his Pleasure, and save from all Rocks of Presumption, or Sands of Despair. O happy Soul that art in Christ's Hand, be thou whosoever thou wilt!
11. Believers are in Christ's Hand as an Inheritance or Habitation, which he hath bought and purchased for himself, and hath taken actual possession of: or as Jewels or choice Treasure is in the Hand of the Owner; even so are the Saints in Christ's Hand. Brethren, what will not a Man do to keep and preserve his Right, or his Riches? True, Thieves may notwithstanding get all he hath from him, or Fire may consume it, or by Injustice it may be torn away; but Christ's Riches, his Inheritance, his Jewels, which are his People, who are to him of an inestimable Value, there is no Theft, no Fire, or no Violence that any can use, can deprive him of the least part of; I mean, of the poorest or meanest Saint.
12. The Saints are in Christ's Hand, as a curious Piece of Workmanship cast in a rare Mould by a skilful Artist is in his Hand, which hath cost him vast Treasure, Time and Pains, which is not fully completed, nor can any do it in all the World but himself alone: Even thus, I say, are all Believers in Christ's Hand, who hath cast them into the Mould of his own Likeness, whom he, as the great spiritual Artist, after infinite Cost, Time, Wisdom and Labour, hath renewed or regenerated; and none can finish or make up that Work begun in them, but himself only; nor is it by the Father put into any other Hand, but into his alone to do it. ⟨p. 283⟩And as the finishing any curious Piece of Workmanship is counted no small part of the Curiosity or Art, so it is here, the perfecting of the Saints is no small part of the Workmanship of God: And shall Christ leave that to the Wisdom of Man to do, or shall he suffer the loss of all his Travels, Cost and Time? For if the Work be not perfected, all is lost that ever Christ did. O think on this, you that are such rare Artists, as to venture to take Christ's Work out of his Hand, or that say it is the Work of the Creature; for that is the Purport of your Doctrine.