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A golden mine opened, or, The glory of God's rich grace displayed in the…

Name: A golden mine opened, or, The glory of God's rich grace displayed in the…
Author: Benjamin Keach

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.

Benjamin Keach 1640–1704London: printed by the author, 1694

[11], 500, [7] p. : port. · 227k words · Wing K69 · ESTC R18541

Title page: Princeton Theological Seminary Library copy, digitized by the Internet Archive (opens the Internet Archive in a new tab)

THE BLESSEDNESS OF Christ's Sheep, &c. › JOHN X. 27. My Sheep hear my Voice, and I know them, and they follow…: JOHN X. 27. My Sheep hear my Voice, and I know them, and they follow me.THE BLESSEDNESS OF Christ's Sheep, &c. › JOHN X. 27. My Sheep hear my Voice, and I know them, and they follo…: JOHN X. 27. My Sheep hear my Voice, and I know them, 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.

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¹BELOVED, I have showed you what a kind of Knowledge Jesus Christ hath of all his Sheep.

¹BELOVED, I have shewed you what a kind of Knowledg Jesus Christ hath of all his Sheep.

1Serm. IV.

:454p. 107

Fifthly, I shall now proceed to the fifth General Head, and give some of the Characters or Properties of the Sheep of Christ. But before I do this, I shall show you why the Saints are compared to Sheep.

Fifthly, I shall now proceed to the fifth General Head, and give some of the Characters or Properties of the Sheep of Christ. But before I do this, I shall shew you why the Saints are compared to Sheep.

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1. First it is from their clean and mild Nature. Wicked Men, ¹from the consideration of their filthy and ravenous Nature, are contrariwise compared to Lions, Wolves, Foxes, Dogs, Swine, and the like.

1Why Believers are compared to Sheep.

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