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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.
Thirdly, Christ's Love therefore to his Sheep, to his Saints, is 1an immense, incomprehensible, or an infinite Love; as the Wrath and Anger of God, and the Lamb, when kindled and let out, is inconceivable, so is his precious Love to his People: this Breadth, Length, Depth and Height, doubtless refers to the unsearchable Greatness and Immensity of God. Canst thou find out the Almighty 2to perfection? Canst thou come to the uttermost of what God is? Canst thou find out the inmost Recesses or Secrets of God's Heart, of Christ's Heart? Hast thou seen what is laid up in the inner Chambers of his Spirit? then thou mayst know his Love; for it is like himself, God is Love, Love is his very Nature: It is as high 3as Heaven, what canst thou do? deeper than Hell, what canst thou know? longer than the Earth, broader than the Sea. Many Wits, as 4one notes, run Riot in Geometrical Notions about Moral Dimensions; and whereas Naturalists give us but three Dimensions of a Body, Longitude, Latitude, and Profundity, the Love of Christ (Brethren) hath Altitude added, which is a Fourth. Doubtless all these Dimensions are mentioned, only to set forth the Immensity of Christ's Love.
Thirdly, Christ's Love therefore to his Sheep, to his Saints, is 1an immense, incomprehensible, or an infinite Love; as the Wrath and Anger of God, and the Lamb, when kindled and let out, is inconceivable, so is his precious Love to his People: this Breadth, Length, Depth and Height, doubtless refers to the unsearchable Greatness and Immensity of God. Canst thou find out the Almighty 2to perfection? Canst thou come to the uttermost of what God is? Canst thou find out the inmost Recesles or Secrets of God's Heart, of Christ's Heart? Hast thou seen what is laid up in the inner Chambers of his Spirit? then thou mayst know his Love; for it is like himself, God is Love, Love is his very Nature: It is as high