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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.) They shall bring forth Fruit, because the Holy Spirit is given to them, and shall remain in them for ever: This Water will make them fruitful; They spread forth their Root by a River, and 1shall not see when Heat cometh; but their Leaf shall be green, and ⟨p. 181⟩shall not be careful in the Year of Drought, neither shall cease from 2yielding Fruit. Now if this be so, if they are elected to use the Means, or ordained to be Holy; if it is the absolute Decree of God, that they shall hold on their way, and are united to such a Head, that their Fruit shall remain, and they shall not cease 3yielding Fruit, then they cannot finally fall away, Election secures them, they shall not perish, but have Everlasting Life: But all this is true, therefore they cannot perish.
5thly. I argue from the Nature of the Election of the Blessed Angels: All the Angels that stand were elected, and it was this that secures them and preserves them from falling: Those that fell were not elected; and as evident it is, not one of the Elect Angels are fallen, nor can fall. I marvel any thinking Christians should doubt of Election, as it results from the absolute Sovereignty of God's Grace, or good Pleasure of his Will, since God by Election took hold of some of the Angels, as well as some of the lost Sons and Daughters of Adam. Was God unjust, because he did not secure, by his unchangeable Decree, the standing of all the Angels, but left some of them, and only fixed upon so many as he in his own Wisdom thought good? They may as well charge this upon the Divine Majesty of God, as so to charge the Doctrine of particular Election of lost Sinners. Brethren, Though Christ is not a Redeemer of Angels, the Elect Angels needing none, yet he is the Head of Angels, and a Confirmer of them; He is the Head of Principalities and Powers: by him, and for him were all things created that are in Heaven, that are in Earth, visible and invisible; whether