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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.
Sixthly, Christ's Sheep follow the Footsteps of the Flock, i. e. 1the Primitive Church, in Church-Constitution, Doctrine and Discipline. They contend for that Faith which was once delivered to the Saints, and keep the Ordinances as they were at first given forth; they are for no mixture in Doctrine nor Discipline; be sure before 2all things, they keep pure the Doctrine of Justification, and do not join Work and Grace together: Their great care is to exalt the free Grace of God, and abase the Creature, accounting all their own inherent Righteousness as Dung, or Dogs-meat, in comparison 3of Christ, and the Righteousness of Christ.
- 1Christ's Sheep follow the Footsteps of the Flock.
- 2Jude 3. 1 Cor. 11. 2.
- 3Phil. 3. 8, 9.
Seventhly, They love to drink in pure Crystal, soft and gentle Streams. Sheep do not love to drink of muddy, rough and raging Rivers: No more do Christ's Sheep; He makes me to lie down in green Pastures; he leadeth me beside the still Waters. They will not ⟨p. 120⟩1forsake the Waters of Shiloah that run softly, and drink of the proud, swelling, and troublesome Rivers of Babylon, Tigris, and Euphrates. They like the Teachings of God's Spirit in the meanest Instrument, tho such who are despised and contemned of Men, better than the highest Elegance, and loftiest Rhetoric of all the Cicero's and Plato's of the World. What are the artificial Flourishes of Demosthenes, or exact Method of Aristotle and Galen, or all humane Curiosities or itch of Words, to the Teachings of the Holy Ghost? Paul spoke not in the Wisdom of this World, or with the enticing Words of Man's Wisdom, but in the Demonstration of the Spirit, and with Power. These Waters Believers choose and love to drink of.