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

1. By his coming so far (as 'tis from Heaven to the Earth) to seek them; For the Son of Man is come to save that which was lost. ¹Luke reads it, To seek and to save that which was lost. My People have been lost Sheep, Jer. 50. 6. (1.) We were all lost in the first Adam, not one Sheep but was lost; and had not Christ came to seek and save us, we had been all lost for ever. (2.) We were all lost, not only by Original, but also by our own actual Sin: All we like Sheep have gone astray; we have turned ²every one of us to his own evil way. We were all gone out of the way, gone far from God, and without all hope or possibility of returning, had not Christ came to seek us; For we were all as Sheep ³going astray, but are now returned to the Shepherd and Bishop of our Souls. (3.) They also, by the Grace of God, at length came to see that they were lost; they are lost in themselves, and in their own sight. Jesus sent forth and commanded them, saying, Go not in the ⁴way of the Gentiles, &c. but go rather to the lost Sheep of the House of Israel. The whole House of Israel was lost, but there were but a few of them that saw their lost State.

1. 1Mat. 18. 11. Luk. 19. 10.
2. 2Isa. 53. 6.
3. 31 Pet. 2. 25.
4. 4Mat. 10. 5, 6