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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.
Again, As Christ suffered for sin, so he would neither be taken at mans pleasure, nor die at mans time.
1. Not at mans pleasure, and hence it was that they so often sought his Life in vain, for his Hour was not yet come; to wit, the Hour in ⟨p. 90⟩which he was to be made a Sacrifice for our Sin, John 13. Chap. 17. 1, 2. Chap. 18. 1, 2.
2. Not at their Time; but contrary to all expectation, when the due time was come, he bowed his Head and gave up the Ghost, John 19. 30.
And for this last work he had power given him of God, that is, power to die when he would. I have power, said he, to lay down my Life, and I have power to take it again; This Power never man had before. This made the Centurion wonder, and made Pontius Pilate marvel: And indeed well they might, for it was as great a Miracle as any he wrought in his Life. It demonstrated him to be the Son of God,