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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.
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.
Take heed then, hunt not Christ from plain Promises with Herod, hunt him not from Bethlehem, lest he appear to your amazement and destruction from Egypt, or in the Land of Zebulon. But thus much to the Second Question; to wit, What it was for Jesus to come into the World.
I come now to the Third Question.