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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.
1. Judas may sell him. 2. Peter may deny him. 3. All his Disciples forsake him. 4. The Enemy apprehends him, binds him, they have him away like a Thief to Caiaphas the High-Priest, in whose House he is mocked, spit upon, his Beard is twitched from his Cheeks; now they buffet him and scornfully bow the Knee before him: Yea, his Visage is so marred more than any mans, and his Form more than the Sons of Men, Isa. 52. 13, 14, 15.
Now he is sent to the Governor, defaced with Blows and Blood; who delivereth him into the Hand of his Soldiers; they Whip him, Crown him with Thorns, and stick the Points of the Thorns fast in his Temples, by a Blow with a Staff in their Hand: Now is he made a Spectacle to the People, and then sent away to Herod, who with his Men of War set him at naught; no God appearing for his Help.
Now he is sent to the Governor, defaced with Blows and Blood; who delivereth him into the Hand of his Souldiers; they Whip him, Crown him with Thorns, and stick the Points of the Thorns fast in his Temples, by a Blow with a Staff in their Hand: Now is he made a Spectacle to the People, and then sent away to Herod, who with his Men of War set him at naught; no God appearing for his Help.
In fine, they at last condemn him to Death, even to the Death of the Cross, where they hang him up by Wounds made through his Hands and his Feet, between the Earth and the Heavens, where he hanged for the space of Six Hours, to wit, from Nine in the Morning, till Three in the Afternoon. ⟨p. 81⟩No God yet appears for his help, while he hangs there; some rail at him, others wag their Heads, others tauntingly say, He saved others, himself he cannot save; some divide his Raiment, casting lots for his Garments before his Face, others mockingly bid him come down from the Cross, and when he desireth succour, they give him Vinegar to drink. No God yet appears for his help.