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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.
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 1take more care of the Members of his Natural Body, than of the Members of his Mystical Body?
Arg. 2. If Christ's Love to, and Care of the Members of his Mystical Body, be greater than any Man's Love to, or Care of the Members of his Natural Body can be; then not one of Christ's Sheep or Saints can eternally perish: But his Love to, and Care of the Members of his Mystical Body is far greater than theirs can be; therefore it follows, no Believer can ever perish.
Arg. 3. If the Union between Christ and Believers be a Marriage-Union, and that those that Christ does espouse, and bring into that Relation to himself, he doth espouse for ever; if it is a Union like that Union that is between God the Father, and Christ as Mediator; if it be an indissoluble Union, a Union which God nor Christ will ever break, nor Sin, Satan, nor no Enemy can ever break; then not one Soul that is truly and really united to Christ, can ever so fall away as eternally to perish. But all this we have proved to be true, therefore not one Soul that hath true and real Union with Christ, can fall away so as eternally to perish.