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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.
Reader, There are two Mistakes in the first Column of the first Page of the Contents of the Sermons: Viz. Line 7, for Fear, read Fan, Line 25, for Eternal, read External.
To the Christian Readers;
Chiefly to such who were the Subscribers for, and principal Promoters of the Publication of this Work.
Beloved in our Blessed Redeemer.
IT was the least of my Thoughts, when I had preached the greatest part of the ensuing Sermons, once to suppose they should ever be published to the World: But through some of your important Requests and Desires, I was prevailed with, many of you so readily and unexpectedly subscribing to take off so great a Number of them; which had you not done, they had never seen the Sun, I not judging them deserving such a Publication. I am sensible of my great Insufficiency; and might, from the Defects of my Ability for the great Work called to, have seen cause enough to have denied a Compliance with you herein: But having so often formerly passed through the Censure of the World, made me perhaps the more unconcerned; and knowing that the most of them will come into your Hands, (who I hope will cast a Mantle on my Humane Frailties) it was a farther Inducement to consent. However, if the Holy God be pleased to succeed the great Pains I have taken, with his Blessing, I shall see no cause to be troubled at what I have done. It's like some may object, I do not well to meddle with Controversies at this time. I answer, that I have, it is true, touched upon several controvertible Points; but not as they are Matters of Controversy, but to clear up the Truths of Christ for the Establishment and Comfort of the People committed to my Care. Besides, I being misrepresented as touching my Judgment in some great Points, (as I have been informed) I thought it was my Duty to rectify such Mistakes. The grand Controversy here insisted upon, is that about Election, and the Saints Final Perseverance, which I hope the Reader will find to his satisfaction confirmed.