A30167:428
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. Ans. That Christ was not a Sinner Personally, by acts, or doings of his own, is granted, and in this sense 'tis true, that God did never suppose him to be a Sinner, nor punished him as such a Sinner, nor did he really (if by really you understand naturally) become our Sin, nor did God ever repute him so.
2. But that Christ stood before God in our Sins, and that God did not only suppose him so to stand, but set him in them, put them upon him, and count them as his own, is so true, that he cannot at present be a Christian that denies it. The Lord hath laid upon him the Iniquities of us all, Isa. 53. 1 Pet. 2. 22.
3. So then, though God did not punish him for sin of his own committing, yet he punished him for sin of our committing. The Just suffered for the unjust, 1 Pet. 3. 18.
4. Therefore it is true, That though Christ did never really become sin of his own, he did really become our Sin, did really become our Curse for sin: If this be denied, it follows that he became our Sin but feignedly, that he was made our Curse, or a Curse for us, but in appearance, show, or in dissimulation; but no such action or work can proceed of the Lord. He did then really lay our Sin, and his Curse upon him for our Sin.