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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.
Secondly, As touching Jesus Christ, who is the person John speaks of. I shall not now treat of his Office, Power, Dignity, and Glory, which are more fully hinted at in the Context: Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear, he shall baptize you with the holy Ghost and with Fire. v. 11.
Secondly, As touching Jesus Christ, who is the person John speaks of. I shall not now treat of his Office, Power, Dignity, and Glory, which are more fully hinted at in the Context: Whose shooes I am not worthy to bear, he shall baptize you with the holy Ghost and with Fire. v. 11.
But I shall pass by that, and shall explain the Terms. 1. Show you what is intended by Christs Floor. 2. What is intended by the Fan in his hand, by which he doth purge his Floor. 3. What is meant by the Chaff, and why so called. 4. What is intended by the Wheat, and why so called. 5. What we are to understand by Christs Garner, and gathering the Wheat into it. 6. And lastly, what is intended by the Fire, and by Burning up the Chaff.
But I shall pass by that, and shall explain the Terms. 1. Shew you what is intended by Christs Floor. 2. What is intended by the Fan in his hand, by which he doth purge his Floor. 3. What is meant by the Chaff, and why so called. 4. What is intended by the Wheat, and why so called. 5. What we are to understand by Christs Garner, and gathering the Wheat into it. 6. And lastly, what is intended by the Fire, and by Burning up the Chaff.
1First, I said before our Text is Metaphorical, therefore no doubt by floor the holy Ghost alludes to that which in common acception is well understood by Husbandmen, i. e. A floor is a heap of Corn, that is threshed out of the Straw, and laid in a Barn, Wheat and Chaff together; this usually is called a floor.