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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. › The Use of the Doctrine. › Application 1: The first Use.
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.
First, Here is more of his WISDOM seen, than in his making, and upholding all the Creatures. His Wisdom, I say, in devising means to reconcile Sinners to an Holy and Infinite Majesty, to be a Just God, and YET a Saviour; to be just to his Law, just to his Threatening, just to himself, and yet save Sinners, can no-way be understood till thou understandest why Jesus Christ did hang on the Tree; for here only is the Riddle unfolded, Christ died for our Sins, and therefore can God in justice save us, Isa. 45. 21. And hence is Christ called The Wisdom of God, not only because he is so essentially, but because by him is the greatest Revelation of his Wisdom towards man. In Redemption therefore, by the Blood of Christ, God is said to abound towards us in all wisdom, Ephes. 1. 7, 8. Here we see the highest Contradictions reconciled, here Justice ⟨p. 163⟩kisseth the Sinner, here a Man stands just in the Sight of God, while confounded at his own Pollutions; and here he that hath done no good, hath yet a sufficient Righteousness; even the Righteousness of God which is by Faith of Jesus Christ.
First, Here is more of his WISDOM seen, than in his making, and upholding all the Creatures. His Wisdom, I say, in devising means to reconcile Sinners to an Holy and Infinite Majesty, to be a Just God, and YET a Saviour; to be just to his Law, just to his Threatning, just to himself, and yet save Sinners, can no-way be understood till thou understandest why Jesus Christ did hang on the Tree; for here only is the Riddle unfolded, Christ died for our Sins, and therefore can God in justice save us, Isa. 45. 21. And hence is Christ called The Wisdom of God, not only because he is so essentially, but because by him is the greatest Revelation of his Wisdom towards man. In Redemption therefore, by the Blood of Christ, God is said to abound towards us in all wisdom, Ephes. 1. 7, 8. Here we see the highest Contradictions reconciled, here Justice ⟨p. 163⟩kisseth the Sinner, here a Man stands just in the Sight of God, while confounded at his own Pollutions; and here he that hath done no good, hath yet a sufficient Righteousness; even the Righteousness of God which is by Faith of Jesus Christ.