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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. In that they have given us a Gospel of Peace, Rom. 10. 15. or a New-Testament which propoundeth Peace with God through the Redemption that is in Christ. Now as this is called the Gospel of Peace; so 1. It is called, The Gospel of God, 1 Thes. 2. 9. 2 Thes. 1. 8. 2. The Gospel of Christ, Rom. 15. 19. 3. A Gospel indited by the Holy Ghost, 1 Thes. 4. 8.
I say therefore, that Redemption and Salvation, being that throw Christ, and the Truth thereof proclaimed by the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, in the Word of the Truth of the Gospel, it must needs be that we who believe, shall be saved, if we hold the confidence and the rejoicing firm unto the End.
2. As the three in the God-head are the Authors of this Peace, by inditing for us the Gospel ⟨p. 134⟩of Peace, or the good Tidings of Salvation by Jesus Christ: So they are the Authors of our Peace, by working with that word of the Gospel in our Hearts. And hence 1. the Father is called the God of Peace; now the God of Peace be with you all: And the very God of Peace sanctify you, Rom. 15. 33. 1 Thes. 5. 23