A golden mine opened, or, The glory of God's rich grace displayed in the…

1. It is well ordered for our Good, in that Christ hath pacified the Wrath of God thereby for us. Christ hath, by the Blood of his Covenant, made up that great Breach that was between God and us. So that now God says unto his People, Fury is not in me. See what Paul says, When we were Enemies, ¹we were reconciled unto God by the Death of his Son: And by his Spirit he reconciles us, he slays and subdues the Enmity that naturally was in our Hearts against God. Christ in this Covenant (it is so well ordered) is that blessed Days-man that lays his Hand upon both, he brings God to Man, and Man to God: We were the Children of Wrath, and under the ²Curse of the Law; but by the Grace of this well-ordered Covenant, we were made the Children of God, and delivered from the Curse of the Law: Christ hath delivered us from the Curse of the Law, being made a Curse for us.

1. 1Isa. 27.
2. 2Ephes. 2. 2, 3. Gal. 3. 4, 25.

We had lost the Image of God; but by this Covenant it is restored to us again, and so that we shall not lose it any more for ⟨p. 207⟩ever. We were dead, blind, naked, in Bonds and in Prison, but by the Grace of God in this Covenant we are quickened, our Eyes ¹are enlightened, and we have our naked Souls clothed; yea, and are brought out of Prison, and all our Wounds are healed. We were guilty and filthy Creatures; but by this Covenant are justified and sanctified, being actually acquitted, and through Faith pronounced Righteous, in the perfect Righteousness of Christ; and all our Sins pardoned; and are sanctified, purged and washed by Faith in his Blood, and shall not come into Condemnation: There