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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.
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. It respecteth God: He hath made peace by the Blood of his Cross; that is, he hath made peace for us with God, having appeased the rigour of his Law, and satisfied justice for us. Hence it is said: The Peace of God which passeth all understanding, shall keep your Hearts and Minds through Christ Jesus, Col. 1. 20. Phil. 4. 7. The Peace of God, that is, the Doctrine of Reconciliation by Christ's being made to be sin for us, THAT shall keep the Heart, that is, from despair or fainting under apprehensions of weakness and justice: But yet, this Peace of God, cannot be apprehended nor be of any comfort to the Heart, but as the Man looks for it through Christ Jesus. Therefore that clause is added, through Christ Jesus: for he is Peace-maker, 'tis he that reconcileth us to God in the Body of his Flesh through death; for by his doing and suffering he presented God with Everlasting Righteousness, with Everlasting Righteousness for Sinners: Upon this we have Peace with God. Hence Christ is called King of Righteousness FIRST; first being by interpretation King of Righteousness, and after ⟨p. 130⟩that also King of Salem, which is King of Peace, Heb. 7. 1, 2. For he could not make peace with God, 'twixt us and him, but by being first the Lord of Righteousness, the Lord our Righteousness: but having first completed Righteousness, he then came and preached Peace, and commanded his Ambassadors to make Proclamation of it to the World, 2 Cor. 5. 19, 21. For 'twas want of Righteousness, that caused want of Peace: now then righteousness being brought in, it followeth that he hath made peace. For he is our Peace who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle-Wall of Partition between us. Having abolished in his Flesh the Enmity, even the Law of Commandments, contained in Ordinances, for to make in himself of twain one new Man, so making Peace, and that he might reconcile both unto God, in one Body by the Cross, having slain the Enmity thereby; and came and preached Peace to you that were afar off, and to them that were nigh; for through him we both have access, by one spirit unto the Father,