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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.
Secondly, Their being in Christ's Hand, denotes
1. His personal possession of them, he being now entered upon the actual Administration of his Pastoral Office.
2. It denotes the present actual Charge he hath taken of them, he having gathered and brought them home to his own Fold, and put them into his own Pasture.
3. It denotes also their great Safety and blessed Security, he being, as Mediator, every way invested, qualified, and endowed with Power and Authority to keep them; having received all Grace, yea, the Fullness of Grace from the Father, as well as an express Command to supply all their Wants and Necessities, to subdue all ⟨p. 143⟩their Enemies, and to preserve them unto Eternal Life. So much shall serve us to the Explanation of the Terms of our Text.
3. It denotes also their great Safety and blessed Security, he being, as Mediator, every way invested, qualified, and endowed with Power and Authority to keep them; having received all Grace, yea, the Fulness of Grace from the Father, as well as an express Command to supply all their Wants and Necessities, to subdue all