A30167:268
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.
2. To come to be a Saviour, supposeth, one commissionated, or authorized to that Work. Th• Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me (authorized me) to preach the Gospel to the Poor: He hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the Captives, and recovering of sight to the Blind, and to set at liberty them that are bruised, Luk. 4. 18.
And upon this account it is, that he is so often called CHRIST, or the Anointed one; the Anointed Jesus, or Jesus the Anointed Saviour. Thou art the Christ the Son of God, that should come into the World. This Jesus whom I preach unto you is Christ: He testified to the Jews, that Jesus was Christ, and he confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving by the Scriptures that this is the very Christ, Joh. 11. 27. Acts 17. 3. Chap. 18. 5. Chap. 9. 22. The very Anointed of God, or he whom God authorized and qualified to be the Saviour of the World.
3. To come to be a Saviour, supposeth a resolution to do that work before he goeth back. I will ransom them from the power of the Grave; I will redeem them from death: O Death I will be thy Plague, O Grave I will be thy Destruction, Repentance shall be hid from mine Eyes, Hos. 13. 14.