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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.
5. His Love to his Sheep, to his Saints, also appears in his laying them in his Bosom, in his Heart. O how near and dear is every believing Soul to Jesus Christ! It's a Metaphor taken from a Father or tender Mother, that hugs an only Child in his or her Arms, and lays it in their Bosom, knowing not how to express the Greatness of their Affections. Christ himself is said to lie in the Bosom of the Father; which denotes how he is beloved by him, how near and dear he is to him: Even so this discovers his great Affections to his People.
6. He also makes his Love manifest to them, by his gentle leading of them: He shall gently lead them that are with young. He will not 1lead them faster than they are able to go, or lay more upon them than they can bear; nay, he gives Strength to them, and supports their Souls under all their Troubles and Sorrows. Jacob was a compassionate Shepherd; If I over-drive them, (saith he) all the 2Flock will die. Christ had many things to tell his Disciples, but ⟨p. 125⟩they were not able to bear them: He lets out or discovers his precious Truth to his People, according as he knows they are able to receive it and take it in: You shall not have harder Things, Trials, Temptations nor Afflictions, than your strength is. There 3hath no Temptation taken you, but what is common to Man: and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what you are able; but will with the Temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.