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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. But what did he do with our Sins? for he had them upon his Back.
Ans. 'Tis said he TOOK them away: Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the World; 'Tis said he PUT them away. Now once in the End of the World hath he appeared to put away sin by the Sacrifice of himself, Joh. 1. 29. Heb. 9. 26. ⟨p. 110⟩That is, by the Merit of his undertaking he brought into the World, and set before the Face of God such a Righteousness, that out-weigheth, and goeth far beyond that Sin; and so did hide sin from the Sight of God: Hence, he that is justified, is said, to have his Sins HID, and covered. Blessed is the Man whose Transgressions are forgiven, and whose Sin is covered, Rom. 4. 7. covered with the Righteousness of Christ. I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy Nakedness, thy Sins, Ezek. 16. 8. Christ Jesus therefore, having by the Infiniteness of his Merit, taken away, put away, or hidden our Sins from the Face of God; therefore he raised him up from the Dead.