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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
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.
Secondly, That when Jesus was come into the World, then was that Promise of God fulfilled.
To begin with the First, That in all Ages God gave his People a Promise, and so ground for a believing remembrance, that he would one day send them a Saviour.
This Zechariah testifies when he was filled with the Holy Ghost; for speaking of the Messiah, or the Saviour, he saith, That God spake of him by the mouth of all the Prophets which have been since the World began: To which I will add that of Peter; Yea, and all the Prophets from Samuel, and these that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days, Luk. 2. 69, 70. Acts 3. 24.
This Zacharias testifies when he was filled with the Holy Ghost; for speaking of the Messias, or the Saviour, he saith, That God spake of him by the mouth of all the Prophets which have been since the World began: To which I will add that of Peter; Yea, and all the Prophets from Samuel, and these that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days, Luk. 2. 69, 70. Acts 3. 24.