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

First. Christ's Sheep hear the Voice of his Word. The Holy Scripture is Christ's Word, and therefore the Voice of Christ, and this Voice his Sheep hear: They give full credit to the Truth of the Sacred Scriptures, they believe they are of Divine Authority: All Scripture is given by Inspiration of God, and is profitable for Doctrine, ¹for Reproof, for Correction, for Instruction in Righteousness. They are none of Christ's Sheep that do not, will not hear this Voice of Christ; that is, do not believe the Truth of the Sacred Scriptures, do not hear nor regard what they speak, but magnify unwritten Traditions above the Word of God, or the Light of Natural Conscience. The Sheep of Christ hear Christ's Voice in the Ministry of his Word, they attend upon the preaching of the Gospel, and ⟨p. 81⟩look upon the Word delivered in Christ's Name, by his faithful Ministers, to be the Voice of Christ unto them: But how, or after what manner Christ's Sheep do hear his Voice, viz. the Voice of his Word, I shall open under the third Head.

1. 12 Tim. 3. 16.

Secondly, There is the Voice of Christ's Spirit; and this Voice of his his Sheep hear also, and indeed none but they. Sirs, this is that Voice of Christ which doth the Work, and that which discovers who are his Sheep. The Voice of Christ's Word, without the Spirit, is not sufficient; the Word will not make Sinners hear, though it be spoken a thousand times over, except the Spirit's Voice do accompany it: I shall therefore open to you the Nature of this Voice of Christ, I mean, the Voice of his Spirit.