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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
THE BLESSEDNESS OF Christ's Sheep, &c. › JOHN X. 27. My Sheep hear my Voice, and they follow me.
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.
Answ. 1. No doubt but they may be seduced; I mean, a particular Sheep, or Saint, may be grievously corrupted in his Judgment.
2. But if a Believer be drawn away, or seduced, he shall, if sincere, if an Elect Person, be restored again; for it is impossible any of them should finally be deceived: If it were possible they should 1deceive the very Elect; but that cannot be.
Quest. Why are false Teachers called Strangers?
Answ. 1. Because a Stranger is one that we know not; so a false Teacher is one that knows not Christ, nor his true and saving Doctrine, they are not acquainted with him, are not brought into Union with Christ, nor have Communion with him.