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

Let me give you, Brethren, here a few Marks or Characters of Babes in Christ, or of a Child of God.

1. Babes have all the Parts and Lineaments of a Man, if it be a perfect Birth: So a Babe in Christ hath all the Essentials of a true Christian; he hath all the Parts and Lineaments of the New Creature. There is a Formation of God's Image, or a gracious Work of the Spirit in every Faculty of the Soul, and a partaking of every Grace; though at the first forming it is not come to full Growth and Perfection: there is not only Light in the Understanding, Convictions in the Conscience, but the Will is subjected to the Will of God, and Power ⟨p. 220⟩of Divine Grace; and the Affections are renewed and changed also to love, as God loves; and to hate, as God hates.

1. Babes have all the Parts and Lineaments of a Man, if it be a perfect Birth: So a Babe in Christ hath all the Essentials of a true Christian; he hath all the Parts and Lineaments of the New Creature. There is a Formation of God's Image, or a gracious Work of the Spirit in every Faculty of the Soul, and a partaking of every Grace; though at the first forming it is not come to full Growth and Perfection: there is not only Light in the Vnderstanding, Convictions in the Conscience, but the Will is subjected to the Will of God, and Power ⟨p. 220⟩of Divine Grace; and the Affections are renewed and changed also to love, as God loves; and to hate, as God hates.

2. A Babe partakes of the Nature of the Father that begot him: So does a Child of God partake of his Divine Nature; he is after God created in Righteousness and true Holiness. That which is