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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.
Quest. Secondly, What was it for Jesus to be of Davids Seed?
To be of Davids Seed, is to spring from his Loins, to come of his Race according to the Flesh: and therefore as he is Davids God, so likewise is he Davids Son; the Root, and also the Off-spring of David: And this the Lord himself acknowledgeth; saying, I am the Root, or God, and the Off-spring, and Son of David, and the Bright and Morning Star, Revel. 22. 16. This is indeed the great Mystery, the Mystery of Godliness. If David called him Lord, how is he then his Son? see Luk. 2. 4. Rom. 1. 3. 2 Tim. 2. 8. Matt. 22. 45.
And hence it is that he is said to be wonderful, because he is both God and Man in one Person. To us a Child is born, to us a Son is given, and the Government shall be upon his Shoulder, and his Name shall be called Wonderful, Isa. 9. 6. Wonderful indeed! Wonderful God, Wonderful Man, Wonderful God-Man, and so a Wonderful Jesus & Saviour. He also hath wonderful Love, bore wonderful Sorrows for our wonderful Sins, and obtained for his a wonderful Salvation.