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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. 3. Thirdly, What it was for Jesus to be of this Mans Seed according to the Promise.
1. This Word [Promise] doth sometimes comprehend all the Promises which God made to our Fathers from the first Promise to the last; and ⟨p. 5⟩so the Holy Ghost doth call them. The Promise made unto the Fathers, God hath fulfilled the same to us their Children, Acts 13. 32, 33.
2. But the word Promise here, doth in special intend that which God made to David himself. Men and Brethren, said Peter, let me freely speak unto you of the Patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his Sepulchre is with us unto this day: therefore being a Prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an Oath to him, that of the Fruit of his Loins according to the Flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his Throne; he seeing this before, spake of the Resurrection of Christ, &c. Acts 2. 29, 30.
2. But the word Promise here, doth in special intend that which God made to David himself. Men and Brethren, said Peter, let me freely speak unto you of the Patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his Sepulcher is with us unto this day: therefore being a Prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an Oath to him, that of the Fruit of his Loins according to the Flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his Throne; he seeing this before, spake of the Resurrection of Christ, &c.