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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. Despair could not rise in his Heart, for his Flesh did rest in hope; and said even when he suffered, Thou wilt not leave my Soul in Hell, Acts 2. 27.
2. The Everlastingness of the Punishment therefore, nor the Terrors that accompany such, could not fasten upon him; for he knew at last that God would Justify him, or approve of his Works that they were Meritorious.
2. The Everlastingness of the Punishment therefore, nor the Terrors that accompany such, could not fasten upon him; for he knew at last that God would Justifie him, or approve of his Works that they were Meritorious.
And mark, Everlasting Punishment is not the proper Wages of sin, but under a supposition that the Person suffering be not able to pay the Debt. Thou shalt not depart thence till thou hast paid the very last Mite.
The difference then of the Persons suffering may make a difference, though not in the Nature of the Punishment; yet in the Duration, and Consequences of it.