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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.
5. Christ may be said to know his Sheep also, with a Knowledge of Love and Affection. He knows them as to delight in them, they have his Heart: I am the good Shepherd, and know my Sheep, and am 1known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down my Life for the Sheep. As this mutual Knowledge between the Father and the Son, was joined with perfect Love and Delight; so is Christ's Knowledge of his Sheep: And this he himself also here expresses, by saying, I lay down my Life for the Sheep; which shows not only the Sincerity, but also the Degree of his Love unto his Saints: So that if we can believe that God the Father loved Christ, his only begotten Son, we may also believe that both Father and Son love those who are really the Sheep of Jesus Christ; the Love that Christ hath unto his People, is as true, certain, and abiding, as the Father's Love to Christ, or Christ's Love unto the Father.
5. Christ may be said to know his Sheep also, with a Knowledg of Love and Affection. He knows them as to delight in them, they have his Heart: I am the good Shepherd, and know my Sheep, and am 1known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down my Life for the Sheep. As this mutual Knowledg between the Father and the Son, was joined with perfect Love and Delight; so is Christ's Knowledg of his Sheep: And this he himself also here expresses, by saying, I lay down my Life for the Sheep; which shews not only the Sincerity, but also the Degree of his Love unto his Saints: So that if we can believe that God the Father loved Christ, his only begotten Son, we may also believe that both Father and Son love those who are really the Sheep of Jesus Christ; the Love that Christ hath unto his People, is as true, certain, and abiding, as the Father's Love to Christ, or Christ's Love unto the Father.