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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.
6thly. Therefore be sure also you hear Christ's Voice, and adhere to his Doctrine about Justification, through his perfect and ⟨p. 96⟩complete Righteousness alone, imputed unto all them that do believe in him, without Works done by us, or Holiness wrought in us; I mean, our Faith and sincere Obedience, is not the Matter of our Justification before God, nor any part of it, but the Righteousness of Jesus Christ only, in his perfect conformity to the Law of God in his Life, and by dying on the Cross as our Surety and blessed Representative: Yet know, we constantly affirm, That that Faith which unites us to Christ, in whom we are justified, doth purify both the Heart and Life; and though inherent Grace, Holiness, and good Works, do not justify our Persons before God, yet they do justify our Faith, and declare us to be in a justified State before Men, and to our own Consciences also, as the Apostle James shows; and that that Faith that is not attended with good Fruits, is dead, as the Body without the Spirit is dead.
6thly. Therefore be sure also you hear Christ's Voice, and adhere to his Doctrine about Justification, through his perfect and ⟨p. 96⟩compleat Righteousness alone, imputed unto all them that do believe in him, without Works done by us, or Holiness wrought in us; I mean, our Faith and sincere Obedience, is not the Matter of our Justification before God, nor any part of it, but the Righteousness of Jesus Christ only, in his perfect conformity to the Law of God in his Life, and by dying on the Cross as our Surety and blessed Representative: Yet know, we constantly affirm, That that Faith which unites us to Christ, in whom we are justified, doth purify both the Heart and Life; and though inherent Grace, Holiness, and good Works, do not justify our Persons before God, yet they do justify our Faith, and declare us to be in a justified State before Men, and to our own Consciences also, as the Apostle James shews; and that that Faith that is not attended with good Fruits, is dead, as the Body without the Spirit is dead.