A30167:156
Light for them that sit in darkness, or, A discourse of Jesus Christ, and…
Light for them that sit in darkness, or, A discourse of Jesus Christ, and that he undertook to accomplish by himself the eternal redemption of sinners also, that the Lord Jesus addressed himself to this work, with undeniable demonstrations that he performed the same : objections to the contrary answered / by John Bunyan.
London: printed for Francis Smith, 1675
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.
Quest. 1. For the first, The Jesus in the Text, is distinguished from all others of that Name.
1. By the manner of his Birth, he was born of a Virgin, a Virgin espoused to a Man whose Name was Joseph; but he knew her not till she had brought forth her First-born Son, and he called his name Jesus, Mat. 1. 25.
2. He is distinguished from others of that Name, by the place of his Birth; to wit, Bethlehem, the City of David, there he must be Born, there he was Born, Joh. 7. 42. Mat. 2. 4, 5, 6.
3. He is distinguished by his Linage, He came of the House and Linage of David, Luk. 2. 4, 5, 6.