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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 8: The Eight 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.
This Inheritance, I say, he is gone to choose for us in the Heavens, because by his Blood he obtained it for us, Heb. 9. 12. and this we are commanded to wait for: but how ridiculous, yea, how great a cheat would this be, had he ⟨p. 149⟩not by his Blood obtained it for us.
This Inheritance, I say, he is gone to chuse for us in the Heavens, because by his Blood he obtained it for us, Heb. 9. 12. and this we are commanded to wait for: but how ridiculous, yea, how great a cheat would this be, had he ⟨p. 149⟩not by his Blood obtained it for us.
2. We wait for his Son from Heaven, whom he raised from the dead even Jesus Christ, which delivered us from the Wrath to come, 1 Thes. 1. 10. He delivered us by his Blood, and obtained the Kingdom of Heaven for us, and hath promised that he would go and prepare our places, and come again and fetch us thither. And if I go and prepare a Place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself, that where I am there ye may be also, Joh. 14. 3. This then is the Cause that we wait for him, we look for the reward of the Inheritance at his Coming, who have served the Lord Christ in this World.
3. For our conversation is in Heaven, from whence we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,