A golden mine opened, or, The glory of God's rich grace displayed in the…

¹1. Grace, as I may say, is the Off-spring of Heaven: And what doth God love on Earth, above his own Grace in the Souls of his People? 'Tis God's Gift, though it be Christ's Merit. And as Reverend Charnock notes; "Grace hath great Allies; the greatest Power that ever yet acted upon the Stage of the World, had a Hand in the birth of it. Should we see all the States of the World engaged in bringing a Person to a Kingdom, and maintaining therein his Right, we could not rationally think that there were any likelihood they should be baffled in it. The Trinity (saith he) sat in Consultation about Grace:² For if there were such a Solemn Convention held about the first creating of Man, much more about the new and better creating of him, and raising him somewhat above the State of Man; the Father decrees it, the Son purchaseth it, the Spirit infuseth it: The Father appoints the Garrison, what Grace should be in every Soul; Christ raiseth this Force, and the Spirit conducts it; the Trinity hath a hand in maintaining it: and all this is but the carrying on the New Creature. The Father is said to beget us, John 1. 13. and we are said to be the Seed of Christ, Isa. 53. 10. and born of the Spirit, John 3. 6. therefore that which hath so strong a Relation and Allies, cannot be lost." Thus Charnock.

¹1. Grace, as I may say, is the Off-spring of Heaven: And what doth God love on Earth, above his own Grace in the Souls of his People? 'Tis God's Gift, though it be Christ's Merit. And as Reverend Charnock notes; "Grace hath great Allies; the greatest Power that ever yet acted upon the Stage of the World, had a Hand in the birth of it. Should we see all the States of the World engaged in bringing a Person to a Kingdom, and maintaining therein his Right, we could not rationally think that there were any likelihood they should be baffled in it. The Trinity (saith he) sat in Consultation about Grace:²