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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 5: The Fifth Demonstration.
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The Fifth Demonstration.
That Jesus Christ by what he hath done, hath paid full price to God for Sinners, and obtained Eternal Redemption for them is evident, ⟨p. 127⟩by the Peace and Holiness, that by that Doctrine possesseth mens Souls; The Souls of Men awakened, and that continue so. By awakened men I mean, such as through the Revelation of their Sin and Misery, groan under the want of Jesus to save them, and that continue sensible that they needs must perish if his benefits be not bestowed upon them.
THat Jesus Christ by what he hath done, hath paid full price to God for Sinners, and obtained Eternal Redemption for them is evident, ⟨p. 127⟩by the Peace and Holiness, that by that Doctrine possesseth mens Souls; The Souls of Men awakned, and that continue so. By awakened men I mean, such as through the Revelation of their Sin and Misery, groan under the want of Jesus to save them, and that continue sensible that they needs must perish if his benefits be not bestowed upon them.
For otherwise the Gospel ministereth neither Peace nor Holiness to any of the Souls of the Sons of Men; that is to say, not Saving Peace and Holiness. ☞ The Gospel of Grace and Salvation, is above all Doctrines, the most dangerous, if in word only it be received by graceless men: if it be not attended with a Revelation of Men's need of a Saviour: if it be not accompanied in the Soul by the Power of the Holy Ghost. For such Men as have only the notions of it, are of all Men liable to the greatest Sins, because there wanteth in their notions, the Power of Love, which alone can constrain them to love Jesus Christ. And this is the Reason of these Scriptures. They turn the Grace of God into wantonness; They turn the Grace of our God into lasciviousness,