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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.
The Covenant of Grace, the Love of Christ, and that Relation we stand in to him, must needs give us ground to believe he will, in his most wise Providence, order all things for our Good, besides the express Promises he hath made upon that Account. Doth ⟨p. 137⟩he hold us in his Hand, carry us in his Bosom, nay, engrave us on his Heart, and will he forsake us? O this cannot be.
Hath he took the Charge of his Sheep, and will he leave them to Lions, or Wolves, to be torn to pieces? Or shall Sin or the Devil pull Limb from Limb, and he look on? But I must not further enlarge here.
Quest. What is the Nature of that Food which Jesus Christ feeds his Sheep with?
1. I answer in the Negative; It is not surfeiting Food: some Pastures are naught, they will rot the Sheep; but Christ feeds not his People in such Pastures.