A30167:244
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.
3. That saying also was to be fulfilled. The Land of Zebulon, and the Land of Nepthaly, by the way of the Sea beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, the People that sat in Darkness saw a great Light, and to them that sat in the region and shadow of Death, Light is sprung up, Mat. 4. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.
At these things then they stumbled, and 'twas ⟨p. 38⟩a great Judgment of God upon them.
Besides, There seemed to be a Contradiction in the Prophecies of the Scriptures concerning his Coming. He was to be born in Bethlehem, and yet to come out of Egypt: How should he be the Christ, and yet come out of Galilee, out of which ariseth no Prophet? Thus they stumbled.
Hence note, That though the Prophecies and Promises be full and plain as these were, that he should be born in Bethlehem; yet men's Sins may cause them to be fulfilled in such obscurity, that instead of having benefit thereby, they may stumble and split their Souls thereat.