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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.
4. A bare taste or a simple taste of the Word is enough for these; a great deal of the World may be they think is too little, yet a little Religion, a little of the Word, short Prayers, and little Preaching will suffice them: A great Portion is too little for their Children, but Six-pence or a Shilling they may think is too much for the poor Saints, or a small matter a great deal to be given to the Children of God. It is evident these Persons gave little or nothing to the poor Saints, by what the Apostle speaks in the Verses following our Text, and therefore no sincere Believers: For God is not unrighteous to forget your Work of Faith and Labour of Love, in that ye have ministered to the Saints, &c. You, as if he should say, are not of that sort I am a speaking of, they do not love the Children of God, though they have had a taste of the Word: This one Virtue, Brethren, is more than all those five Attainments mentioned in my Text, when that which a Man gives is given in love to Christ.
4. A bare taste or a simple taste of the Word is enough for these; a great deal of the World may be they think is too little, yet a little Religion, a little of the Word, short Prayers, and little Preaching will suffice them: A great Portion is too little for their Children, but Six-pence or a Shilling they may think is too much for the poor Saints, or a small matter a great deal to be given to the Children of God. It is evident these Persons gave little or nothing to the poor Saints, by what the Apostle speaks in the Verses following our Text, and therefore no sincere Believers: For God is not unrighteous to forget your Work of Faith and Labour of Love, in that ye have ministred to the Saints, &c. You, as if he should say, are not of that sort I am a speaking of, they do not love the Children of God, though they have had a taste of the Word: This one Vertue, Brethren, is more than all those five Attainments mentioned in my Text, when that which a Man gives is given in love to Christ.
5. Yet this bare taste, as you have heard, might have some Effect upon these Mens Hearts.