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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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2. As this Doctrine conveyeth the ground, or ground-Work which is the Spirit; so also it worketh in the Heart those three Graces, Faith, Hope, Love; all which as naturally purify the Heart from wickedness, as Soap, or Nitre, cleanseth the Cloath. He purified their Hearts by Faith, ⟨p. 136⟩by Faith in Christ's Blood. And everyone that hath this Hope in him, purifieth himself even as he is pure. And also Love, you shall see what that doth, if you look into the Text, Act. 15. 9. 1 Joh. 3. 3, 4. 1 Cor. 13. Now I say, this Faith groundeth it self in the Blood of Christ; Hope waiteth for the full enjoyments of the Purchase of it, in another world: and love is begot, and worketh, by the Love that Christ hath expressed by his Death, and by the Kindness he presenteth us with in his Heart-Blood, Rom. 3. 24. 1 Cor. 15. 19. 2 Cor. 5. 14.
2. As this Doctrine conveyeth the ground, or ground-Work which is the Spirit; so also it worketh in the Heart those three Graces, Faith, Hope, Love; all which as naturally purifie the Heart from wickedness, as Sope, or Niter, cleanseth the Cloath. He purified their Hearts by Faith, ⟨p. 136⟩by Faith in Christ's Blood. And everyone that hath this Hope in him, purifieth himself even as he is pure. And also Love, you shall see what that doth, if you look into the Text, Act. 15. 9. 1 Joh. 3. 3, 4. 1 Cor. 13. Now I say, this Faith groundeth it self in the Blood of Christ; Hope waiteth for the full enjoyments of the Purchase of it, in another world: and love is begot, and worketh, by the Love that Christ hath expressed by his Death, and by the Kindness he presenteth us with in his Heart-Blood,