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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. So far as he is born of God, he doth not commit Sin, or so he sins not; that is, the New Creature doth not sin, that never yields to Sin, but evermore wars against it, and resisteth it: This is that which Paul calls the Law of his Mind, it is the renewed or 1regenerated Part, or 'tis that which is born of God, that lusteth against the Flesh, or wars against it.
2. He doth not, nay, he cannot sin as others do: this appears by that I mentioned last, because of that new Nature or blessed Seed he hath received.
3. He cannot live in a Course of Sin, or make a Trade of Sins He cannot live in a custom of Sinning, because all evil Habits are broken by Divine Grace in him. That Man that lives in any way of Sin, the old Habit of Lying, Pride, Lusts, Drunkenness, Covetousness, or any other Sin being not broken, is not born of God; for it is impossible a Child of God should so sin, i. e. live in a course and practice of committing of known Sins, or in a constant and continual omission of known Duties: Though he may fall into gross Sins, as David and other Children of God did, yet they continue not in a Course of such Sins that once possibly they were overcome by; nay, be sure they set a greater Watch against such Sins, and hate them rather more than all other Sins, because thereby they greatly dishonoured God, and wounded their own Souls.