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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 7: The Seventh 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.
Giving thanks always for all things unto God & the Father in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Ephes. 5. 20. For all things: for all things come to us through this Name Jesus; Redemption, Translation, the Kingdom, Salvation, with all the good things wherewith we are blessed.
These are the Works of God, he gave his Son, and he brings us to him, and puts us into his Kingdom; that is, his true Body, which Jeremiah calleth, a putting among the Children, and a giving us a Godly heritage of the Host of Nations, Joh. 6. Jer. 3. 19.
4. Now thanks be to God, which causeth us always to triumph in Christ, 2 Cor. 2. 13, 14.
See here our cause of triumph is through Christ Jesus, and God causeth us through him to triumph: First and chiefly, because Christ Jesus hath done our work for us, hath pleased God for our Sins, hath spoiled the powers of Darkness. God gave Jesus Christ to undertake our Redemption; Christ did undertake it, did engage our Enemies, and spoiled them. He spoiled principalities and powers, and made a show of them openly,