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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.
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3. He is there a Prophet for us, by which Office of his, he hath received to communicate the whole Will of the Eternal God, so far as is fit ⟨p. 113⟩for us to know in this World, or in that which is to come. Hence he is called the Prophet of the Church. The Lord shall raise you up a Prophet, and this is, of a truth, that Prophet that should come into the World: But this Office he hath also now in Heaven, by virtue of the Blood he shed for us upon Earth. Hence the New-Testament is called, The New-Testament in his Blood, and his Blood is said to be The Blood of the Everlasting Covenant, or Testament: Yea such virtue doth his Blood give to the New-Testament or Covenant of Grace, as that severed from that it is nothing worth; for a Testament is of force after men are dead, otherwise it is of no strength at all, while the Testator liveth, Heb. 9. 16, 17. So that every Word of God, which he hath by Christ given to us, for our Everlasting Consolation, is dipped in blood, is founded in blood, and stands good to Sinners purely (I mean with respect to merit) upon the account of Blood, or because his Blood that was shed for us on the Cross, prevailed for us for the Remission of our Sins. Let no man think to receive any benefit by Christs Prophetical Office; by any of the good Words of Grace, and forgiveness of Sins that are sprinkled up and down in the New-Testament; That looketh not for that good to come to him for the Sake of that Blood by which this Testament is established: For neither was the First Testament dedicated without Blood; for when Moses had spoken every ⟨p. 114⟩Precept to all the People according to the Law; He took the Blood of Calves, and of Goats with Water, and scarlet Wool, and Hyssop and sprinkled both the Book and all the People, saying, This is the Blood of the Testament, which God hath enjoined unto you, Heb. 9. 18, 19, 20.
3. He is there a Prophet for us, by which Office of his, he hath received to communicate the whole Will of the Eternal God, so far as is fit ⟨p. 113⟩for us to know in this World, or in that which is to come. Hence he is called the Prophet of the Church. The Lord shall raise you up a Prophet, and this is, of a truth, that Prophet that should come into the World: But this Office he hath also now in Heaven, by vertue of the Blood he shed for us upon Earth. Hence the New-Testament is called, The New-Testament in his Blood, and his Blood is said to be The Blood of the Everlasting Covenant, or Testament: Yea such vertue doth his Blood give to the New-Testament or Covenant of Grace, as that severed from that it is nothing worth; for a Testament is of force after men are dead, otherwise it is of no strength at all, while the Testator liveth,