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

Name: A golden mine opened, or, The glory of God's rich grace displayed in the…
Author: Benjamin Keach

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.

Benjamin Keach 1640–1704London: printed by the author, 1694

[11], 500, [7] p. : port. · 227k words · Wing K69 · ESTC R18541

Title page: Princeton Theological Seminary Library copy, digitized by the Internet Archive (opens the Internet Archive in a new tab)

A Trumpet blown in Zion, OR An Alarm in God's Holy Mountain: Cont… › MATTH. III. 12. Whose Fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purr…: MATTH. III. 12. Whose Fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and ga…A Trumpet blown in Zion, OR An Allarum in God's Holy Mountain: Cont… › MATTH. III. 12. Whose Fan is in his hand, and he will throughly pur…: MATTH. III. 12. Whose Fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and ga…

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.

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:262p. 69¶5

5. God hath sent his Son to die for Sinners: God so loved the ¹world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.

1Joh. 3. 16.

:263p. 69¶6

6. He sends his Ministers to call you, to invite you, who tell you all things are now ready: Sinners, will your sinful Honours, ¹Riches or Pleasures, make a reparation for the loss of a Christ, the loss of Heaven, and loss of your own souls? Take two or three Directions. 1. Seek the Kingdom of Heaven first, before all things. 2. Take notice, this is the day of your Visitation, know now the ²things that belong to your peace, before they are hid from your Eyes: Behold now is the accepted time, &c. 3. Close with Christ whilst the Spirit strives with thee, and before Conscience is feared, or let out against thee, to tear thee into pieces. 4. Attend carefully upon the means of Grace, and know assuredly that the Wages of Sin is eternal Death, even everlasting burnings, therefore renounce it with the greatest abhorrence; know all the Pleasures and Honours of this Life are but the Elements of carnal felicity, and according to the Judgment of Reason and sense would any one choose the enjoyment of the greatest Pleasures for a day, and afterwards be satisfied to suffer the most exquisite Torments for a year? much more folly and madness it is for momentary brutish delights to incur the fiery. Indignation of God for ever.

6. He sends his Ministers to call you, to invite you, who tell you all things are now ready: Sinners, will your sinful Honours,

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

THE BLESSEDNESS OF Christ's Sheep, &c.

JOHN X. 27, 28. My Sheep hear my Voice, and I know them, and they follow me. And I give unto them Eternal Life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my Hand.

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THE BLESSEDNESS OF Christ's Sheep, &c.

JOHN X. 27, 28. My Sheep hear my Voice, and I know them, and they follow me. And I give unto them Eternal Life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my Hand.