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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.
Arg. If the Election of Grace be absolute, as the Decree of 1Day and Night, or as that of Christ dying for our Sins: If we are elected in Christ as the Head, we being all Members, given to him to make up his Mystical Body; if those that are elected, shall be called, justified, and glorified; if the Means, as well as the End, be under God's absolute Decree and Purpose; if our Election doth as absolutely secure us from final Apostasy, as the Election of the Holy Angels does secure them; if we are elected to Salvation; if it be impossible for any of the Elect to be finally deceived; then none of them, none of the Elect, or no Sheep or Lambs of Jesus Christ, can so fall away as to perish eternally: but all this is true, therefore none of them can so perish.
Arg. If the Election of Grace be absolute, as the Decree of 1Day and Night, or as that of Christ dying for our Sins: If we are elected in Christ as the Head, we being all Members, given to him to make up his Mystical Body; if those that are elected, shall be called, justified, and glorified; if the Means, as well as the End, be under God's absolute Decree and Purpose; if our Election doth as absolutely secure us from final Apostacy, as the Election of the Holy Angels does secure them; if we are elected to Salvation; if it be impossible for any of the Elect to be finally deceived; then none of them, none of the Elect, or no Sheep or Lambs of Jesus Christ, can so fall away as to perish eternally: but all this is true, therefore none of them can so perish.
- 1The general Argument.
So much shall suffice as to the first Argument, to prove the Saints final Perseverance.