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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. It is apparent, because it is said; That God smelled in that Offering of the Body of Christ for our Sins, a Sweet-smelling Savour. He gave himself for us an Offering, and a Sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling Savour, Ephes. 5. 2.
1. It is apparent, because it is said; That God smelled in that Offering of the Body of Christ for our Sins, a Sweet-smelling Savor. He gave himself for us an Offering, and a Sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling Savor, Ephes. 5. 2.
2. It is apparent, because it is said expressly, That God for Christ's Sake doth now forgive. Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's Sake bath forgiven you, Ephes. 4. 32.
2. It is apparent, because it is said expresly, That God for Christ's Sake doth now forgive. Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's Sake bath forgiven you, Ephes. 4. 32.
3. It is apparent that God is satisfied with Christ's Blood for our Sins, because he hath declared, that he can justify those that believe in, or rely upon that Blood for Life, in a way of Justice and Righteousness. Being justified freely by his Grace through the Redemption that is in Jesus Christ; whom God hath set forth to be a Propitiation through faith in his Blood, to declare his Righteousness for the Remission of sins, that are past through the forbearance of God. To declare, I say, at this time his Righteousness, that he might be just, and