A30167:413
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.
1. He forsakes him. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Yea, the Sense of the Loss of God's comfortable Presence abode with him even till he gave up the Ghost.
1. He forsakes him. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Yea, the Sence of the Loss of God's comfortable Presence abode with him even till he gave up the Ghost.
2. He dealeth with him as with one that hath sinned, he chastiseth him, he bruiseth him, he striketh and smiteth him, Isa. 53. and was pleased, ⟨p. 79⟩that is, his Justice was satisfied, in so doing. It pleased the Lord to bruise him, he hath put him to grief.
These things could not he, had he only considered him in his own Personal standing, (where was the Righteous forsaken.) Without the Consideration of Sin, he doth not willingly afflict, nor grieve the Children of Men; that is, not out of pleasure, or without sufficient cause.