A30167:174
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.
5. Thus Jesus also, as other Hebrew-Children, when the set Day was come, was Circumcised. And when eight days were accomplished for the Circumcising of the Child, his Name was called Jesus, ⟨p. 24⟩which was so named of the Angel before he was conceived in the Womb, Luk. 2. 21.
6. After this, he is often called the Young-Child, the Child Jesus; and further it is said of him, that▪ he grew, that he increased in Wisdom and Stature, Mat. 2. 20, 21. Luk. 2. 40, 52.
Behold, with what diligence, even to a Circumstance, the Holy Ghost sets forth the Birth of the Lord Jesus, and all to convince the incredulous World, of the true Manner of the coming of the Saviour into the World.