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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.
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, Isa. 53. 10. Heb. 10. 10.
2. The Punishment standeth in Gods inflicting of the Just merits of sin upon him that standeth charged therewith, and that is Death in its own nature and strength; to wit, Death with the Sting thereof: The Sting of Death is sin. This Death did Christ die, because he died for our Sins.
3. The Sorrows and Pains of this Death therefore must be under-gone by Jesus Christ. Now there are divers Sorrows in Death.
1. Such Sorrows as Brutes are subject to. 2. Such Sorrows as Persons are subjects to, that stand in sin before God. 3. Such Sorrows as those undergo who are swallowed up of the Curse and Wrath of God for ever.