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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.
14. And since God's Power is concerned in preserving Grace in us, and us in a State of Grace; can it be thought that Satan, that strong Man armed, when he had full possession of the Soul, and also had so strong a Party in us on his Side, and yet could not prevent an overthrow, he being vanquished and turned out, should ever get possession again, especially since now the Soul is so well armed, and hath the strongest Party on its Side against him; besides such wonderful Allies to stand by it to oppose its Enemies, and to aid and assist it against him and all his Abetters? If Grace, when a Babe, gave Satan such a fatal Defeat and Overthrow, certainly now it hath got such strength in the Soul, it will never be overcome by him: We are kept by the Power of God through Faith unto 2Salvation. And Christ hath prayed that our Faith fail not, and was heard therein. Brethren, is the Power of the Omnipotent God limited to a Faith of the Creature's getting, and to his Care in securing? If so, it is as much as to say, the Nurse will keep the Child in her Hand, if it doth not get out of it and stray away from her. We say God keeps us by his Power through Faith, because he hath ordained Faith and Holiness to be the Means (which he by his Power will maintain in us) as well as Happiness, or the Salvation of our Souls to be the End.
- 1The Power of God concerned to preserve Grace in us.
- 21 Pet. 1. 5.
15. God hath promised to help us, to uphold us, to strengthen us, and to preserve us unto the End: 2The Steps of a good Man are ordered by the Lord; and he delighteth in his Way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his Hand. If he falls into Sin, into Temptation or Affliction, the Lord will not leave him, but help him up, and bring him out of all his Distresses: He hath promised, never to leave us nor forsake us: He hath also promised to be our God and our Guide, even unto Death; and hath assured us, That the Righteous shall hold on their Ways; and he that hath clean Hands shall grow stronger and stronger; and to put his Fear into our Hearts, that we shall not depart from him. Again, the Apostle asserts, That he that hath begun a