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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.
And we must, if we would thrive in this Pasture, also see that our End be right: Our great End should be, that our Prayer may be accepted, and God may be glorified.
The first thing we should ask in Prayer is, that the Name of God may be hallowed.
O Soul, haste into this Pasture: Whatsoever ye ask, saith Christ, 1in my Name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified.
To pray in Christ's Name, 1. Is to know we come to have this Privilege to draw near to God, only by Christ, i. e. through the Veil, that is to say, his Flesh; he hath purchased us this Liberty. 2. 'Tis to pray in his Strength, i. e. by the Spirit, which he hath procured for us, and given to us. 3. 'Tis to pray in the Virtue of Christ's Mediation: Whatsoever we ask on Earth, Christ obtains for us in Heaven. 4. To ask in Christ's Name, is to ask for his Sake, for his Worthiness: 'Tis not what our Deservings are, but what Christ's Merits are.