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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 9: The Ninth 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.
That some refuse to be saved by Christ is evident, from many Texts. He is the Stone which the Builders have rejected: He is also disallowed of Men: The Jews stumble at him, and to the Greeks he is foolishness; both saying this Man shall not rule over us, or how can this man save us? Psal. 118. 22. Mat. 24. 42. 1 Pet. 2. 4. 1 Cor. 1. 23. Luk. 19. 14.
The Causes of mens refusing Christ are many.
1. Their Love to sin. 2. Their Ignorance of his Excellency. 3. Their Unbelief. 4. Their Deferring to come to him in the acceptable Time. 5. Their leaning to their own Righteousness. 6. Their entertaining Damnable Doctrines. 7. Their loving the praise of Men. 8. The meanness of his Ways, his People, &c. 9. The just Judgment of God upon them. ⟨p. 153⟩10. The Kingdom is given to others.