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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.
Quest. But some may say, What need of the ⟨p. 61⟩Righteousness of one that is naturally God? had Adam who was but a mean Man stood in his Innocency, and done his duty, he had saved himself and all his Posterity.
Ans. Had Adam stood he had so long secured himself (from the Wages of Sin) and Posterity so long as they were in him. But had Adam sinned, yea, although he had not defiled his Nature with filth, he could never after that have redeemed himself from the Curse of the Law; because he was not equal with God: for the Curse of the Law is the Curse of God, but no man can deliver himself from the Curse of God, having first transgressed. This is evident because Angels, for sin, lie bound in Chains, and can never deliver themselves.
He therefore that redeemeth man from under the Law, must, not only do all the good that the Law requireth, but bear all the Penalty that is due by the Law for sin.
Should an Angel assume human Flesh, and in that Flesh do the Law, this Righteousness would not redeem a Sinner, it would be but the Righteousness of an Angel, and so, far short of such a Righteousness as can secure a Sinner from the Wrath of God. But thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Soul, with all thy Heart, with all thy Mind, with all thy Strength. If there was no more required of us, now to redeem our selves, it would be utterly impossible for us to