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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.
Fifthly, It is a Vital Union, as you have heard, that is to say, the same Life that is in Christ, is in all Believers: And as it is in the natural Body, the Members have not only Life in the Head, but Life in themselves also; and so long as there is Life in the Head, there shall be Life in the Members, so it is here: And this must therefore be for ever; for by the same parity of Reason that one Member may die or corrupt, the whole Body may die and corrupt also. But Christ is our Life, and the Spirit, which is the Bond of this Union, communicates Life to every Soul in whom he resides and dwells; and the Holy Spirit hath taken up his abode in Believers for ever: He that hath the Spirit, hath the Son; and he that hath the Son, hath Life.—I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in 1me. From hence I argue;
Fifthly, It is a Vital Vnion, as you have heard, that is to say, the same Life that is in Christ, is in all Believers: And as it is in the natural Body, the Members have not only Life in the Head, but Life in themselves also; and so long as there is Life in the Head, there shall be Life in the Members, so it is here: And this must therefore be for ever; for by the same parity of Reason that one Member may die or corrupt, the whole Body may die and corrupt also. But Christ is our Life, and the Spirit, which is the Bond of this Union, communicates Life to every Soul in whom he resides and dwells; and the Holy Spirit hath taken up his abode in Believers for ever: He that hath the Spirit, hath the Son; and he that hath the Son, hath Life.—I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in 1me. From hence I argue;
Arg. 1. If he that believeth in Christ, or that hath Union with Christ, is a Part or Limb of Christ Mystical; then not one Soul that believes in Christ, and has real Union with him, can eternally perish. Shall a Member of Christ perish or be torn from his Body! Brethren, was it Christ's Natural Body only that was concerned in that Prophecy, A Bone of him shall not be broken? Or did Christ