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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.
1. By the Heavenly Gift, some understand the Heavenly Doctrine: 1In that sense it may be true, for Herod had some kind of Taste of the Heavenly Doctrine, which John the Baptist preached; he heard him gladly, or with Joy. As the Baptism of John is said to be from Heaven, so all the Truths and Ordinances of the Gospel may be said to be but one entire Heavenly Gift.
1. By the Heavenly Gift, some understand the Heavenly Doctrine: 1In that sense it may be true, for Herod had some kind of Taste of the Heavenly Doctrine, which John the Baptist preached; he heard him gladly, or with Joy. As the Baptism of John is said to be from Heaven, so all the Truths and Ordinances of the Gospel may be said to be but one intire Heavenly Gift.
- 1What meant by the Heavenly Gift.
2. Others by the Heavenly Gift understand the Holy Ghost, according to that in Acts 8. 20. Thou hast thought the Gift of God ⟨p. 333⟩may be purchased with Money. So Acts 10. 45. That on the Gentiles also was poured the Gift of the Holy Ghost.
Quest. But what Gift of the Holy Ghost is it which these Persons are said to have a taste of?