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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.
1. He is there a Priest for ever, intercepting betwixt the Divine Presence, and all that hate us, by his Blood; Sin, Satan, Death, Hell, the Law, the Grave, or the like, cannot be heard, if his Blood be presented to God, as the Atonement for us: This is called the Blood of Sprinkling which speaks better things than the Blood of Abel, Heb. 12. 24. By this Blood he entered into Heaven, by this Blood he secureth from wrath, all that come unto God by him: but should his Blood have had a Voice in Heaven to save withal, had it not merited first, even in the Shedding of it, the Ransom, and Redemption of Souls. 'Tis true, a Man whose Blood cannot save, may with Abel's, cry out for Vengeance and Wrath on the Head of him that shed it, but THIS Blood speaks for better things, this Blood speaks for Souls, for Sinners, for Pardon. Having obtained Eternal Redemption for us.
1. He is there a Priest for ever, intercepting betwixt the Divine Presence, and all that hate us, by his Blood; Sin, Satan, Death, Hell, the Law, the Grave, or the like, cannot be heard, if his Blood be presented to God, as the Atonement for us: This is called the Blood of Sprinkling which speaks better things than the Blood of Abel, Heb. 12. 24. By this Blood he entered into Heaven, by this Blood he secureth from wrath, all that come unto God by him: but should his Blood have had a Voice in Heaven to save withal, had it not merited first, even in the Shedding of it, the Ransom, and Redemption of Souls. 'Tis true, a Man whose Blood cannot save, may with Abels, cry out for Vengeance and Wrath on the Head of him that shed it, but THIS Blood speaks for better things, this Blood speaks for Souls, for Sinners, for Pardon. Having obtained Eternal Redemption for us.
2. He is there a Fore-runner for us. Whither the Fore-runner is for us entered, even Jesus, Heb. 6. 20. This Office of Harbinger, is distinct from, though it comes by virtue of, his Priestly Office: therefore they are both mentioned in the Text, Whither the Fore-runner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an High-Priest for ever, after the Order of Melchizedek. He is therefore our Fore-runner by virtue of his Priesthood, his Blood giving worth to all he does.