A30167:283
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.
Wherefore, when the Apostle treated of the Incarnation of Christ, he addeth▪ withal the reason, to wit, That he might be capable to work out the Redemption of men.
There are three things to be considered in this 1st Head.
1. that he took our Flesh; for this Reason, That he might be a Saviour. 2. How he took flesh, that he might be our Saviour. 2. That it was necessary that he should take our Flesh, if indeed he will be our Saviour.
For the First, That he took our Flesh, for this Reason, That he might be a Saviour: For what the Law could not do in that it was weak through the Flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin condemned sin in the Flesh, Rom. 8. 3, 4.