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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.
12. Sheep will live where greater Cattle cannot, even upon very hard and barren Commons, where the Grass is exceeding short, and be very well contented with it, nay, thrive upon it. So will the Faithful in Jesus Christ live, where and when the carnal Professor cannot, even in a Time of Want and Scarcity, when the great and tall Cedars whose Hearts are not upright with God, fall away, and their Spirits die in them. A poor Believer can live by Faith on the Promises of God, when he can't see by an Eye of Sense how he should subsist, yet doth then trust on God's Providence, ⟨p. 112⟩who careth for him; and he is contented and well satisfied with those hard Pastures the Lord is pleased to put him into: Although 1the Fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall Fruit be on the Vines; the Labour of the Olive shall fail, and the Fields shall yield no Meat; the Flocks shall be cut off from the Fold, and there shall be no Herd in the Stall: Yet will I rejoice in the Lord, and joy in the God of my Salvation.
12. Sheep will live where greater Cattel cannot, even upon very hard and barren Commons, where the Grass is exceeding short, and be very well contented with it, nay, thrive upon it. So will the Faithful in Jesus Christ live, where and when the carnal Professor cannot, even in a Time of Want and Scarcity, when the great and tall Cedars whose Hearts are not upright with God, fall away, and their Spirits die in them. A poor Believer can live by Faith on the Promises of God, when he can't see by an Eye of Sense how he should subsist, yet doth then trust on God's Providence, ⟨p. 112⟩who careth for him; and he is contented and well satisfied with those hard Pastures the Lord is pleased to put him into: Although 1the Fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall Fruit be on the Vines; the Labour of the Olive shall fail, and the Fields shall yield no Meat; the Flocks shall be cut off from the Fold, and there shall be no Herd in the Stall: Yet will I rejoice in the Lord, and joy in the God of my Salvation.
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