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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.
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.
2. It condemneth God of Foolishness: For if Works of Righteousness which we can do, can justify from the Curse of the Law in the Sight of God, then is not all the Treasures of Wisdom found in the Heart of God and Christ: For this Dolt-headed Sinner, hath now found out a Way of his own, unawares to God, to secure his Soul from Wrath and Vengeance. I say, unawares to God; for he never imagined that such a thing ⟨p. 170⟩could be, for had he, he would never have purposed before the World began, to send his Son to die for Sinners. Christ is the Wisdom of God, as you have heard, and that as he is our Justifying Righteousness. God was manifest in the Flesh to save us, is the great Mystery of Godliness. But wherein lieth the depth of this Wisdom of God in our Salvation, if Man's Right hand can save him? Job 40. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.
2. It condemneth God of Foolishness: For if Works of Righteousness which we can do, can justifie from the Curse of the Law in the Sight of God, then is not all the Treasures of Wisdom found in the Heart of God and Christ: For this Dolt-headed Sinner, hath now found out a Way of his own, unawares to God, to secure his Soul from Wrath and Vengeance. I say, unawares to God; for he never imagined that such a thing ⟨p. 170⟩could be, for had he, he would never have purposed before the World began, to send his Son to die for Sinners. Christ is the Wisdom of God, as you have heard, and that as he is our Justifying Righteousness. God was manifest in the Flesh to save us, is the great Mystery of Godliness. But wherein lyeth the depth of this Wisdom of God in our Salvation, if Man's Righthand can save him?