A30167:65
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
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. It is taken for sending, as when he saith, he raised them up Judges, Saviours, and Prophets; he means, he sent them such, (Judges 2. 16, 18. Chap. 3. 9, 15. Amos 2. 11.) and thus he raised up Jesus; that is, he sent him. I came not, saith he, of my self, but he sent me. But the Father which sent me gave me a commandment, Jo. 12.
2. To be raised up intimateth one invested with power and authority. Thus he raised up David to be the King of Israel; he anointed him & invested him with Kingly Power, 1 Sam. 16. 13. Acts 13. 22. And thus was Jesus Christ raised up: Hence he is called, the Horn of Salvation: He hath raised up for us an Horn of Salvation in the House of his Servant David, Luk. 2. 69.
3. To be raised up intimateth quickening and strengthening, to oppose and overcome all opposition. Thus was Jesus raised up from under Sin, Death, the rage of the World, and Hell, that day that God raised him out of the Grave.
3. To be raised up intimateth quickning and strengthening, to oppose and overcome all opposition. Thus was Jesus raised up from under Sin, Death, the rage of the World, and Hell, that day that God raised him out of the Grave.