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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.
Pray remember that you have been often taught, that Faith it self doth not justify us in God's sight, as an Habit, or Act, or in respect of the Product of it, but only objectively, i. e. in respect of the Object it doth apprehend, apply and take hold of.
O Sirs, take heed ye are not deceived; may be ye look upon the Lives and Conversations of Men, and you think they are good Men, holy Men; yet for all this examine the Doctrine they preach: for an evil and corrupt Doctrine may be as pernicious and damnable as an evil Conversation. But there were false Prophets also among the People, even as there shall be […] Teachers among you, who shall privily 1bring in damnable Heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift Destruction.
O Sirs, take heed ye are not deceived; may be ye look upon the Lives and Conversations of Men, and you think they are good Men, holy Men; yet for all this examine the Doctrine they preach: for an evil and corrupt Doctrine may be as pernicious and damnable as an evil Conversation. But there were false Prophets also among the People, even as there shall be 〈…〉 Teachers among you, who shall privily 1bring in damnable Heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift Destruction.