A30167:237
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.
1. It might arise or be occasioned through the Cruelty of Herod; for Jesus was born in Bethlehem the City where David dwelt: But when Herod sent out to kill him, and for his sake killed all the young Children in Bethlehem; then was Joseph warned by an Angel of God, to take the young Child and his Mother and fly into Egypt, and so he did, and was there till the Death of Herod, Mat. 2. 1, 13, 16, 19, 20.) After this the Angel comes to them in Egypt, and bids them take the young Child and return into the Land of Israel; wherefore they arose and went: but hearing that Herod's Son that Tyrant ruled in the room of his Father, they were afraid to go to Bethlehem, but turned aside into the Parts of Galilee, where they remained till the time of his showing to Israel.
1. It might arise or be occasioned through the Cruelty of Herod; for Jesus was born in Bethlehem the City where David dwelt: But when Herod sent out to kill him, and for his sake killed all the young Children in Bethlehem; then was Joseph warned by an Angel of God, to take the young Child and his Mother and fly into Egypt, and so he did, and was there till the Death of Herod, Mat. 2. 1, 13, 16, 19, 20.) After this the Angel comes to them in Egypt, and bids them take the young Child and return into the Land of Israel; wherefore they arose and went: but hearing that Herod's Son that Tyrant ruled in the room of his Father, they were afraid to go to Bethlehem, but turned aside into the Parts of Galilee, where they remained till the time of his shewing to Israel.
2. This stumble of theirs might arise from their not observing and keeping in mind the Alarm that God gave them of his Birth.
2. This stumble of theirs might arise from their not observing and keeping in mind the Alarum that God gave them of his Birth.