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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.
4. They follow the Example of Christ, their holy Shepherd, in Obedience. Though he was a Son, yet learned he Obedience by the 1things he suffered: And being made perfect, he became the Author of Eternal Salvation to all them that obey him. Christ's Meat and Drink was to do the Will of him that sent him; and thus we ought to follow him; it ought to be our Joy, our Delight, to do his Will, and attend on his Work: And this Mark have all Christ's Sheep, i. e. they keep Christ's Word; If a Man love me, he will keep my Word. And again, He that hath my Commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: Not he that hath the knowledge of 2them; it is possible Men may have Christ's Commandments in their Heads, and in their Mouths, may know which they are, but they may not do them: It is he that doth his Word, that doth his Sayings; that keepeth his Commandments, that loves him; Ye 3are my Friends, if you do whatsoever I command you. This is a Mark of Christ's Sheep, of one of Christ's Friends, or of a sincere Christian and follower of him: He will be obedient to Christ, not in some things only, but in every thing that he requires or enjoins him to do in his Word.
4. They follow the Example of Christ, their holy Shepherd, in Obedience. Though he was a Son, yet learned he Obedience by the 1things he suffered: And being made perfect, he became the Author of Eternal Salvation to all them that obey him. Christ's Meat and Drink was to do the Will of him that sent him; and thus we ought to follow him; it ought to be our Joy, our Delight, to do his Will, and attend on his Work: And this Mark have all Christ's Sheep, i. e. they keep Christ's Word; If a Man love me, he will keep my Word. And again, He that hath my Commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: Not he that hath the knowledg of 2them; it is possible Men may have Christ's Commandments in their Heads, and in their Mouths, may know which they are, but they may not do them: It is he that doth his Word, that doth his Sayings; that keepeth his Commandments, that loves him; Ye