A30167:45
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.
In this Assertion he concludeth,
1. That the Promise had kept its due course in presenting a Saviour to Israel; to wit, in Davids Loins; Of this Man's Seed. 2. That the time of the Promise was come, and the Saviour was revealed; God hath raised unto Israel a Saviour. 3. That Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph was he: He hath raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus.
From these things we may inquire for the explication of the Words.
1. What this Jesus is. 2. What it was for this Jesus to be of the Seed of David. 3. What it was for Jesus to be of this Man's Seed according to the promise. 4. And what it was for him to be raised unto Israel.
These things may give us light into what shall be spoken after.