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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.
Answ. 1. I am weary of these impertinent Objections: God hath ordained the preaching of the Gospel as the great Ordinance, to call in his Elect, and to beget Faith in them: It pleased God by the foolishness 1of Preaching to save them that believe: And not only to beget Faith, but also to strengthen that Faith, and to perfect the Saints more and more in Holiness. These Men dream of an Election without the Means, and of a Salvation without Faith and Regeneration, and a preserving Men to Eternal Life without a Perseverance in Grace and Holiness: It is a Perseverance in well-doing we plead for, and this we say Christ will, in the use of Means, not without it, enable all his People to do; he will help them, strengthen them, and keep their Souls alive. Pray consider the Ways by which Jesus Christ preserves his People unto Everlasting Life; the Saints are said to be sanctified by the Father, and preserved 2in Jesus Christ.
1. It is in a Way of Holiness: And from fainting, or being weary in well-doing, he stirs us up by his Spirit to wait upon him, and promises, That they that wait upon the Lord, shall renew their Strength; they shall mount up with Wings as Eagles, they shall run and not be 1weary, walk and not faint; or grow stronger and stronger, both in Faith and Patience.