A30167:303
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. He took flesh then, by the immediate working and over-shadowing of the Holy Ghost: And hence it is said expressly; She was found with Child of the Holy Ghost. Now the Birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When-as his Mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, (before they came together) she was found with Child of the Holy Ghost, Mat. 1. 18. And hence again, When Joseph doubted of her Honesty (for he perceived she was with Child and knew he had not touched her) the Angel of ⟨p. 49⟩God, himself comes down to resolve his doubt, and said, Joseph thou Son of David, Fear not, to take unto thee Mary thy Wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost, Mat. 1. 20.
3. He took flesh then, by the immediate working and over-shadowing of the Holy Ghost: And hence it is said expresly; She was found with Child of the Holy Ghost. Now the Birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When-as his Mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, (before they came together) she was found with Child of the Holy Ghost, Mat. 1. 18. And hence again, When Joseph doubted of her Honesty (for he perceived she was with Child and knew he had not touched her) the Angel of ⟨p. 49⟩God, himself comes down to resolve his doubt, and said, Joseph thou Son of David, Fear not, to take unto thee Mary thy Wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost, Mat. 1. 20.
But again, Though the Holy Ghost was that by which the Child Jesus was formed in the Womb, so as to be without Carnal Generation; yet was he not formed in her without, but by her Conception. Behold, thou shalt conceive in thy Womb, and bring forth a Son, and shalt call his Name Jesus,