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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 hath no Sheep, but such that he was pleased to choose, or make choice of for his own; and he knows them, before they know him, as the Apostle speaks, The Lord knows them that are his; 1that is, all such that he hath chosen according to the Decree of Eternal Election.
Christ hath no Sheep, but such that he was pleased to chuse, or make choice of for his own; and he knows them, before they know him, as the Apostle speaks, The Lord knows them that are his; 1that is, all such that he hath chosen according to the Decree of Eternal Election.
Secondly, Christ's Sheep are his, by virtue of the Father's free Donation. 1They are all given unto him; I pray not for the World, but for them thou hast given me. I have manifested thy Name to the Men which thou gavest me out of the World: thine they were, and thou 2gavest them me. They were given to Christ to be his Sheep, to be his Spouse, and Members of his Mystical Body. Behold, I and the Children thou hast given me, are for Signs and Wonders in Israel.3
- 1By Donation.
- 2Joh. 17. 9.