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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.
Caution. To you that are Believers, beware lest you are led away by the Error of the Wicked; be sure that you are not corrupted in any main or fundamental Truth.
First. O labour to maintain and abide firm in the Doctrine of the Blessed Trinity: God hath revealed or made known himself as three in one, and therefore as such to be worshipped. Look what way God hath manifested his Being and Properties unto us in his Holy Word: Our Worship consisteth in a due application of our Soul unto him, according to that Revelation of himself. And that there are three distinct Persons, subsisting in the same infinitely holy One undivided Essence, as manifested in his Word, is most evident; and those Persons are so distinct in their peculiar Subsistence, that distinct Actings and Operations are ascribed unto them.
The Father knoweth the Son, and loveth him; and the Son seeth, knoweth, and loveth the Father. In these mutual Actings, saith Reverend Dr. Owen, one Person is the Object of the Knowledge and Love of the other. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his Hand. No Man knoweth the Son, but the Father; 1neither knoweth any Man the Father, save the Son. No Man knoweth the Divine Essence, or Eternal Generation of the Son, but the Father: Nor no Man knoweth the Essence or Counsels of the Father, or Dispensations of the Gospel, save the Son: Or, as Calvin saith, The Son is said to know the Father, as he is the lively and express Image of his Person.
The Father knoweth the Son, and loveth him; and the Son seeth, knoweth, and loveth the Father. In these mutual Actings, saith Reverend Dr. Owen, one Person is the Object of the Knowledg and Love of the other. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his Hand. No Man knoweth the Son, but the Father;