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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.
6thly, The very Relation of Children secures them, and fully shows they cannot, shall not sin, fall, and perish for ever: for what Father, a dear and tender Father will suffer any one of his Children to be torn into Pieces (and cruelly devoured) before his Face, if he be able to preserve and deliver it? Or should he suffer it, would not all say that he was a cruel and unmerciful Father, one that had no Love, no natural Affections to his poor Child? If therefore any one Child of God falls into the Enemy's Hand, I mean, into Sin's Hand, or Satan's Hand, and is torn into pieces, or is destroyed and ruined for ever; it must be, (1.) Either for want of Love in God to that poor Child of his: (2.) Or else for want of Power and Ability in God, he being not strong or able enough to save his distressed Child out of the Hands of those cruel Enemies. ⟨p. 218⟩Or, (3.) For want of Care and Watchfulness in God, from whence the Enemy took an Advantage, and destroyed his Child that was begotten and born of him.
6thly, The very Relation of Children secures them, and fully shews they cannot, shall not sin, fall, and perish for ever: for what Father, a dear and tender Father will suffer any one of his Children to be torn into Pieces (and cruelly devoured) before his Face, if he be able to preserve and deliver it? Or should he suffer it, would not all say that he was a cruel and unmerciful Father, one that had no Love, no natural Affections to his poor Child? If therefore any one Child of God falls into the Enemy's Hand, I mean, into Sin's Hand, or Satan's Hand, and is torn into pieces, or is destroyed and ruined for ever; it must be, (1.) Either for want of Love in God to that poor Child of his: (2.) Or else for want of Power and Ability in God, he being not strong or able enough to save his distressed Child out of the Hands of those cruel Enemies. ⟨p. 218⟩Or, (3.) For want of Care and Watchfulness in God, from whence the Enemy took an Advantage, and destroyed his Child that was begotten and born of him.