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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.
5. It is also expressed by SINGING, because the Peace of God when it is received into the ⟨p. 132⟩Soul by Faith, putteth the Conscience into a Heavenly and Melodious Frame. And the Ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with Songs, and Everlasting Joy upon their Heads, they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall fly away, Isa. 35. 10.
6. Sometimes it is expressed, or discovered by an Heavenly glorying and boasting in Jesus Christ, because this Peace causeth the Soul to set its Face upon its Enemies with Faith of a Victory over them for ever by its Lord Jesus. Let him that glorieth glory in the Lord; and, My Soul shall make her boasts in the Lord, the Humble shall hear thereof, and be glad, Jer. 9. 23, 24. Psalm 34. 2.
7. Sometimes it is expressed, or discovered by Joy, Joy unspeakable; because the Soul having seen it self reconciled to God, hath not only quietness, but such apprehensions do now possess it of the unspeakable Benefits it receiveth by Christ with respect to the World to come, that it is swallowed up with them. Whom having not seen, ye love, in whom though now ye see him not, yet believing ye rejoice, with joy unspeakable, and full of glory, 1 Pet. 1. 8.