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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 3: The third 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.
By this Doctrine Sinners, as Sinners, are encouraged to come to God for mercy, for the Curse due to Sin is taken out of the way. I speak ⟨p. 172⟩now to Sinners that are awake, and see themselves Sinners.
There are two things in special when Men begin to be awakened, that kill their thoughts of being saved.
1. A Sense of sin. 2. The Wages due thereto.
These kill the Heart, for who can bear up under the guilt of Sin? If our Sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how can we THEN live? Ezek. 33. 10. How indeed! it is impossible. So neither can Man grapple with the Justice of God. Can thine Heart endure, or can thine Hands be strong? they cannot. A wounded Spirit who can bear? Men cannot, Angels cannot: wherefore if now Christ be hid, and the blessing of Faith in his Blood denied, woe be to them: such go after Saul and Judas, one to the Sword, and the other to the Halter,