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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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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.
1. That Holiness, true gospel Holiness, possesseth our hearts by this Doctrine, 'tis evident; because the ground of Holiness, which is the Spirit of God in us, is ministered to us by this Doctrine. When the Apostle had insinuated that the Galatians were bewitched because they had turned from the Doctrine of Christ Crucified, he demands of them, Whether they received the Spirit by the Works of the Law, or by the hearing of Faith, Gal. 3. 1, 2, 3, 4. That is, whether the Spirit took possession of their Souls by their Obedience to the ten Commandments; or by their giving credit to the Doctrine of the forgiveness of their Sins, by Faith in this Crucified Christ: strongly concluding not by the Law, but by the hearing, or preaching of Faith; that is, of the Lord Jesus as Crucified, who is the Object of Faith.