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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
LIGHT for them that sit in DARKNESS. › Demonstration 2: The Second Demonstration.
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.
He entered in having obtained, or because he obtained Eternal Redemption for us: but to pass that,
Consider ye now also those Glorious Circumstances that accompany his Approach to the Gates of the Everlasting Habitation.
1. The Everlasting Gates are set, yea, bid stand open. Be ye open ye Everlasting Doors, and the King of Glory shall come in. This King of Glory, is Jesus Christ, and the Words are a Prophecy of his Glorious Ascending into the Heavens; ⟨p. 108⟩when he went up as the High-Priest of the Church, to carry the Price of his Blood into the Holiest of all. Lift up your Heads, O ye Gates, even lift them up, ye Everlasting Doors, and the King of Glory shall come in, Psalm 24. 7, 9.
2dly. At his Entrance, he was received, and the Price accepted which he paid for our Souls. Hence it is said, He entered in by his Blood; that is, by the Merit of it. To Receive, is an Act of Complacency and Delight, and includeth Wellpleasedness in the Person Receiving, who is God the Father: And considering that this Jesus, now received, is to be received upon our account, or as undertaking the Salvation of Sinners: (for he entered into the Heavens for us) it is apparent that he entered thither by virtue of his Infinite Righteousness, which he accomplished for us upon the Earth.