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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.
2. Spiritual Life is the earnest of Eternal Life. Now every Believer hath received the Spirit, which is the Earnest of their Eternal 1Inheritance: And thus they have it, as a Man that purchases an Inheritance, he gives Earnest for it; and no sooner that is done, but he cries, such a House, or such Land, is mine; 'tis his by virtue of the Earnest given, though he hath not yet the actual possession of it: so it is here.
3. Christ gives his Saints Eternal Life. Now because he gives them a sure Title to it, he makes them a Deed of Gift of it; or seals unto them a Right, and legal Conveyance of it, as firm as the Law and Ordinance of Heaven. Now when a Person hath a true Right and Title, or Deed of Gift, made and sealed to him of such or such an Estate, he may say he has the Estate, 'tis his own. And thus Believers have Everlasting Life, or the Eternal Inheritance, i. e. they have a true Right and Title of it sealed to them here by the Holy Spirit: After that ye believed, you were sealed with the Spirit of Promise, which is the Earnest of the Saints Inheritance, 1&c. Faith is the Evidence of things not seen.