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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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3. The Holy Ghost also is the Author of this Peace, this inward Peace; Even righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost, Rom. 14. 17.
And, I say, as I also have already said, the procuring or meritorious Cause of this Peace, is the doings and sufferings of Christ. Therefore by his Doings and Sufferings he paid full price to God for Sinners, and obtained Eternal Redemption for them: else God would never have indited a Proclamation of Peace for them, and the Tenor of that Proclamation to be the Worthiness of the Lord Jesus: yea, he would never have wrought with that Word in the Heart of them that believe, to create in them Peace, Peace.
And, I say, as I also have already said, the procuring or meritorious Cause of this Peace, is the doings and sufferings of Christ. Therefore by his Doings and Sufferings he paid full price to God for Sinners, and obtained Eternal Redemption for them: else God would never have indited a Proclamation of Peace for them, and the Tenour of that Proclamation to be the Worthiness of the Lord Jesus: yea, he would never have wrought with that Word in the Heart of them that believe, to create in them Peace, Peace.
Secondly, As peace with God is an Evidence, (the Blood of Christ being the Cause thereof) that Christ hath by it paid full price to God for Sinners; so Holiness in their Hearts taking its beginning from this Doctrine, makes this fist Demonstration of double strength.