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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.
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.
Now these, as they all refuse him, so they seek more or less, some practically, others in practice and judgment also, to make insignificant the Doctrine of Righteousness by Faith in him.
1. One does it by preferring his Sins before him. 2. Another does it by preferring his Righteousness before him. 3. Another does it by preferring his Delusions before him. 4. Another does it by preferring the World before him.
Now these God threateneth, these God punisheth.
Now these God threatneth, these God punisheth.