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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.
3. For our conversation is in Heaven, from whence we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, Phil. 3. 20. We look for him to come, yet as a Saviour; a Saviour he was at his first Coming, and a Saviour he will be at his second Coming. At his first Coming, he bought and paid for us; at his Second Coming, he will fetch us to himself. At his first Coming, he gave us promise of the Kingdom; at his second Coming, he will give us possession of the Kingdom. At his first Coming, he also showed us how we should be, by his own Transfiguration; at his second Coming, he will change our vile Body that it may be fashioned like unto his Glorious Body, Phil. 3. 21.
3. For our conversation is in Heaven, from whence we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, Phil. 3. 20. We look for him to come, yet as a Saviour; a Saviour he was at his first Coming, and a Saviour he will be at his second Coming. At his first Coming, he bought and paid for us; at his Second Coming, he will fetch us to himself. At his first Coming, he gave us promise of the Kingdom; at his second Coming, he will give us possession of the Kingdom. At his first Coming, he also shewed us how we should be, by his own Transfiguration; at his second Coming, he will change our vile Body that it may be fashioned like unto his Glorious Body, Phil. 3. 21.
4. Hence therefore it is, that his Coming is called, our blessed Hope. Looking for the Blessed ⟨p. 150⟩Hope, and glorious Appearing of the Great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ, Tit. 2. 13. A Blessed Hope indeed, if he hath bought our Persons with his Blood, and an Eternal Inheritance for us in the Heavens: A blessed Hope indeed, if also at his Coming we be certainly carried thither. No marvel then if Saints be bid to wait for it, and if Saints themselves long for it. But what a disappointment would these waiting Believers have, should all their expectations be rewarded with a Fable? and the result of their Blessed Hope can amount to no more, if our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, either denieth to come, or coming, bringeth not with him the HOPE, the blessed HOPE that is laid up for us in Heaven: Whereof we have certainly been informed by the Word of the Truth of the Gospel,