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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.
1. Because the Evil of the Sins of God's People are so great, God is grievously dishonoured by the Falls and gross Enormities of his Saints. How did David's Sin provoke God, and cause the Enemy to blaspheme him and despise his holy Israel! They are as Wounds he receives in the House of his Friend. Hence he cries out, O do not this abominable thing which I hate.1
2. The Sins and Falls of God's People, hinder the spreading and blessed Promulgation of the Gospel. It makes the Souls of those who stand fast to mourn, and the Hearts of the Wicked to rejoice, and to insult over them who always watch for their halting.
3dly. Another Reason of these Cautions may be, because there are many false Professors in Churches who may fall finally: therefore from these and other Reasons it appears.