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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.
5. Christ's Voice is a Soul-regenerating Voice. His Voice is powerful, and shakes the old Foundation down, all former Hopes and fleshly Confidence is gone: It was the Voice of the Spirit that first made us, and made this World; By the Word of God were all things made and created: And 'tis his Voice that creates us again, or that renews us, or forms his Sacred Image in us. He that commanded by his Voice Light to shine out of Darkness, doth but speak the word, and so shines into our Hearts; and thereby transforms us, and gives us the Light of the Knowledge of the Glory of God in the Face of Jesus 1Christ.
6. 'Tis a Sin-killing Voice: It lays the old Man a bleeding, (as it were) the Spirit destroys the Body and Power of Sin, it breaks down all the strong Holds of Sin. Christ slays this Enemy by the Sword that goes out of his Mouth, that is, by his Word, through the Operations of the Spirit: If ye live after the Flesh, ye shall die; 1but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the Deeds of the Body, ye shall live. 'Tis not enough to forbear the acting of Sin, but we must kill and crucify it; and this we cannot do without the powerful assistance and help of the Spirit.