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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.
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Thirdly, The Mystery of God's WILL, is here more seen, than in hanging the Earth upon nothing; while he condemneth Christ though Righteous, and justifieth us though Sinners: while he maketh him to be sin for us, and us the Righteousness of God in him, 1 Pet. 3. 18. 2 Cor. 5. 20.
Fourthly, The POWER of God, is here more seen, than in making of Heaven and Earth; for, for one to bear, and get the Victory over Sin, when charged by the Justice of an Infinite Majesty, in so doing, he showeth the Height of the Highest Power: For where sin by the Law is charged, and that by God immediately, there an Infinite Majesty opposeth, and that with the whole of his Justice, Holiness, and Power: So then, he that is thus charged, and engaged for the Sin of the World, must not only be equal with God, but show it, by over-coming that Curse and Judgment that by Infinite Justice is charged upon him for Sin.
Fourthly, The POWER of God, is here more seen, than in making of Heaven and Earth; for, for one to bear, and get the Victory over Sin, when charged by the Justice of an Infinite Majesty, in so doing, he sheweth the Height of the Highest Power: For where sin by the Law is charged, and that by God immediatly, there an Infinite Majesty opposeth, and that with the whole of his Justice, Holiness, and Power: So then, he that is thus charged, and engaged for the Sin of the World, must not only be equal with God, but shew it, by over-coming that Curse and Judgment that by Infinite Justice is charged upon him for Sin.
When Angels and Men had sinned, how did they fall and crumble before the Anger of God! they had not power to withstand the terror, nor could there be worth found in their Persons, or Doings, to appease displeased Justice. But behold here stands the Son of God before him in the Sin of the World, his Father finding him there, curseth, and condemns him to death: but he by the Power of his God-head, and the Worthiness of his Person and Doings, vanquisheth sin, satisfieth God's Justice, and so becomes the Saviour of the World. Here then is Power seen: Sin is a Mighty thing, it crusheth all in pieces, save him whose Spirit is Eternal,