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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.
6. The Bodies of those who are naturally dead, are fit for nothing, they soon stink, and therefore must be buried and put under the Ground, being loathsome, &c. So ungodly Persons who are spiritually dead, are loathsome in God's sight, as filthy Carrion, or a stinking Sepulchre is in ours, and are fit for nothing but to cast into Hell, as abominable and hateful to the Holy Jehovah.
6. The Bodies of those who are naturally dead, are fit for nothing, they soon stink, and therefore must be buried and put under the Ground, being loathsom, &c. So ungodly Persons who are spiritually dead, are loathsom in God's sight, as filthy Carion, or a stinking Sepulchre is in ours, and are fit for nothing but to cast into Hell, as abominable and hateful to the Holy Jehovah.
1. By these things therefore you may know, whether you are 1spiritually alive, or not; for if so, you are quickened and made alive by the Operations of the Spirit, and there is a Principle of Divine Life infused into your Souls: So that from a holy and new Nature, you can and do breath forth your Desires freely and frequently to God, and see the excellency of spiritual Objects and Things; Christ is must precious and lovely in your sight: Your Eyes see, and your Ears hear, and you have spiritual feeling, and you can and do act and move; that is, believe, repent, and obey God, with great Activity, and a strong Propensity, or gracious Inclinations of Heart: There is also much of the Beauty of Holiness shining forth in your Lives.
1. By these things therefore you may know, whether you are 1spiritually alive, or not; for if so, you are quickned and made alive by the Operations of the Spirit, and there is a Principle of Divine Life infused into your Souls: So that from a holy and new Nature, you can and do breath forth your Desires freely and frequently to God, and see the excellency of spiritual Objects and Things; Christ is must precious and lovely in your sight: Your Eyes see, and your Ears hear, and you have spiritual feeling, and you can and do act and move; that is, believe, repent, and obey God, with great Activity, and a strong Propensity, or gracious Inclinations of Heart: There is also much of the Beauty of Holiness shining forth in your Lives.