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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.
Besides, God to show that he taketh it ill at the Hands of Sinners, that they should refuse the Sacrifice of Christ, hath resolved that there shall be no more Sacrifice for sin. If therefore we sin wilfully after we have received the Knowledge of the Truth; there remaineth no more Sacrifice for sin, Heb. 10. 26. God doth neither appoint another, neither will he accept another who-ever brings it. And here those sayings are of their own natural force; How shall we escape, if we neglect so great Salvation! And again, See that ye refuse not him that speaketh, for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on Earth, (Moses) How shall we escape if we turn away from him (Christ) that speaketh from Heaven! Heb. 2. 3. Chap. 12. 25.
Besides, God to shew that he taketh it ill at the Hands of Sinners, that they should refuse the Sacrifice of Christ, hath resolved that there shall be no more Sacrifice for sin. If therefore we sin wilfully after we have received the Knowledg of the Truth; there remaineth no more Sacrifice for sin, Heb. 10. 26. God doth neither appoint another, neither will he accept another who-ever brings it. And here those sayings are of their own natural force; How shall we escape, if we neglect so great Salvation! And again, See that ye refuse not him that speaketh, for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on Earth, (Moses) How shall we escape if we turn away from him (Christ) that speaketh from Heaven! Heb. 2. 3. Chap. 12. 25.
This therefore is a mighty Demonstration that Christ by what he hath done, hath paid full price to God for the Souls of Sinners, because God so severely threateneth, and also punisheth them that refuse to be justified by his Blood: he threateneth as you have heard, and punisheth by leaving such men in their Sins, under his heavy and unsupportable Vengeance here.