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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 3: The Third 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.
7. By this Holy Spirit we are made to wait for the hope of Righteousness by Faith, that is, to stand fast through our Lord Jesus in the day when he shall judg the World.
And all this is the Fruit of Redemption by Blood; of Redemption by the Blood of Christ.
This is yet further evident:
1. Because the Work of the Spirit is to lead us into the sayings of Christ; which, as to our Redemption from death, are such as these: I lay down my Life, that you may have Life. I give my Life a Ransom for many; And the Bread which I will give is my Flesh, which I will give for the Life of the World, Joh. 6.
2. Because, IF the Spirit in the Wisdom of Heaven, is not counted a sufficient Testimony on Earth, but as joined with the Blood of Christ. There are three that bear witness on Earth, the Spirit, the Water, and the Blood. These are the Witness of God. The Spirit, because it quickeneth; the Blood, because it hath merited; and