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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
LIGHT for them that sit in DARKNESS. › He was made a Curse for us,
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.
He was made a Curse for us,
Fourthly, As he, was made Flesh under the Law, and also Sin; so he was made a Curse for us. Christ hath redeemed us from the Cross of the Law, being made a Curse for us; as it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a Tree. This Sentence is taken out of Moses being passed there upon them that for Sin are worthy of death. And if a Man have committed a Sin worthy of death, and thou hang him on a Tree, his Body shall not remain all night upon the Tree, but thou shalt in anywise bury him that Day, for he that is hanged is accursed of God. By this Sentence Paul concludeth that Jesus Christ was Justly hanged, because sin worthy of Death was upon him. Sin, not of his own but ours. Since then he took our ⟨p. 70⟩Sins, he must be cursed of God; for sin is sin where-ever it lies, and justice is justice wherever it finds it: wherefore since Jesus Christ will bear our Sin, he must be numbered with the Transgressors, and counted worthy to die the Death.
FOurthly, As he, was made Flesh under the Law, and also Sin; so he was made a Curse for us. Christ hath redeemed us from the Cross of the Law, being made a Curse for us; as it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a Tree. This Sentence is taken out of Moses being passed there upon them that for Sin are worthy of death. And if a Man have committed a Sin worthy of death, and thou hang him on a Tree, his Body shall not remain all night upon the Tree, but thou shalt in anywise bury him that Day, for he that is hanged is accursed of God. By this Sentence Paul concludeth that Jesus Christ was Justly hanged, because sin worthy of Death was upon him. Sin, not of his own but ours. Since then he took our ⟨p. 70⟩Sins, he must be cursed of God; for sin is sin where-ever it lies, and justice is justice whereever it finds it: wherefore since Jesus Christ will bear our Sin, he must be numbred with the Transgressors, and counted worthy to die the Death.