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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.
Quest. But how should I prove the Goodness of mine own Righteousness, by the Death and Blood of Christ?
Ans. Thus: If Christ must die for Sin, then all thy Righteousness cannot save thee. If Righteousness comes by the Law, then Christ is dead in vain, Gal. 2. 21. By this Text 'tis manifest, ⟨p. 169⟩that either Christ died in vain, or thy Righteousness is vain. If thy Righteousness can save thee, then Christ died in vain. If nothing below, or besides the Death of Christ could save thee, then thy Righteousness is in vain; one of the two must be cast away, either Christ's, or thine. Christ Crucified to save the World, discovereth two great evils in Man's own Righteousness: I mean when brought for Justification and Life.
1. It opposeth the Righteousness of Christ. 2. It condemneth God of Foolishness.
1. It opposeth the Righteousness of Christ; in that it seeketh it self to stand, where should the Righteousness of Christ; to wit, in God's affection for the Justification of thy Person, and this is one of the highest affronts to Christ, that poor man is capable to give him: Right worthily therefore, doth the Doctrine of the Gospel damn the Righteousness of Men, and promiseth the Kingdom of God to Publicans and Harlots rather.