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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.
In this word [Curse] are two things comprised.
In this word [Curse] are two things comprized.
1. The Reality of Sin, for there can be no Curse where there is no Sin; either of the Persons own, or made to be his by his own Consent or the Imputation of Divine Justice. And since Sins are made to be Christ's by Imputation, they are his, though not naturally, yet really, and ⟨p. 71⟩consequently the Wages due: He hath made him to be sin; he was made a Curse for us.
2. This word Curse compriseth therefore the Punishment of Sin, that Punishment properly due to sin from the Hand of God's Justice, which punishment standeth in three things.
2. This word Curse comprizeth therefore the Punishment of Sin, that Punishment properly due to sin from the Hand of God's Justice, which punishment standeth in three things.
1. In charging sin upon the Body and Soul of the Person concerned: and hence we read that both the Body and Soul of Christ, were made an Offering for Sin,