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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.
Christ's Sheep may be considered as his two manner of ways.
1. Decretively. See Ver. 16. And other Sheep I have, which are not of this Fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my Voice. The Lord Jesus meaneth the Gentiles, these he calls his Sheep by virtue of God's Eternal Election, Them also I must bring; They are given unto me; and all that the Father hath given me, shall come unto me. I lay down my Life for them, or in their stead, that they 1might not perish. I therefore (as if he should so say) must bring them, call them, renew or regenerate them: The Covenant I have made with my Father is such, that it cannot be broken; the Purpose, Counsel, and Promises of God shall stand. This agrees with that Word of the Holy God to St. Paul, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: For I am with thee, and no Man shall set on 2thee to hurt thee; for I have much People in this City. They are called the Lord's People, though then in a state of Darkness and Unbelief; decretively, or according to his Eternal Purpose, they were his.
2. Actually, or such who are already brought in, or who do believe, and are visibly of his Fold.