A30167:224
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.
Further, The People was generally convinced, that the time was come, and therefore, saith the Text; They were in expectation. And as all the People were in expectation, and all men mused in their Hearts of John, whether he was the Christ or not, Luk. 3. 15. The unbiased People observing the face of things, could do no other but look for the Messiah. And hence it is, that the Lord Jesus gives the Pharisees, those mortal Enemies of his, such sore rebukes; saying, O ye Hypocrites, ye can discern the Face of the Sky, but can you not discern the Signs of the Times? The Kingdom is lost, the Heathens are come, and the Sceptre is departed from Judea. Ye Hypocrites, ye can discern the Face of the Sky, and of the Earth, but how is it that ye do not discern this Time? Mat. 16. 3. Luk. 12. 56.
Further, The People was generally convinced, that the time was come, and therefore, saith the Text; They were in expectation. And as all the People were in expectation, and all men mused in their Hearts of John, whether he was the Christ or not, Luk. 3. 15. The unbiassed People observing the face of things, could do no other but look for the Messias. And hence it is, that the Lord Jesus gives the Pharisees, those mortal E nemies of his, such sore rebukes; saying, O ye Hypocrites, ye can discern the Face of the Skie, but can you not discern the Signs of the Times? The Kingdom is lost, the Heathens are come, and the Scepter is departed from Judea. Ye Hypocrites, ye can discern the Face of the Skie, and of the Earth, but how is it that ye do not discern this Time? Mat. 16. 3. Luk. 12. 56.
Secondly, He yet again puts himself upon the Test, by the Miracles which he wrought before them.