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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.
Then follows, By the Will of God we are Sanctified through the offering up of the Body of Jesus Christ once for all, Heb. 10. 8, 9, 10.
Thirdly, The End of the Work required, That Christ, if he will be our Saviour, should take upon him our Flesh.
The End of our Salvation is, That we might enjoy God, and that he by us might be glorified for ever and ever.
1. That we might enjoy God. I will dwell in them, and they shall be my People, and I will be ⟨p. 54⟩their God. This Indwelling of God, and consequently our Enjoyment of him, begins first in its Eminency, by his Possessing our Flesh in the Person of Jesus Christ. Hence his Name is called Emmanuel, God with us; and the Word was made Flesh and dwelt amongst us. The Flesh of Christ, is the Tabernacle which the Lord pitched, according to that saying: The Tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his People, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God,