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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 4: The fourth 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.
The afflicted Conscience understands my words.
The afflicted Couscience understands my words.
Further, though the Fly in the Webb, is altogether uncapable of looking for relief, yet this awakened tempted Christian is not; what must he do therefore? how should he contain hopes of life? If he looks to his Heart there is Blasphemy; if he looks to his duties, there is Sin; if he strives to mourn and lament, perhaps he cannot, unbelief and hardness hinder: shall this Man lie down in despair? No: shall he trust to his duties? No: shall he stay from Christ till his Heart is better? No: What then? Let him NOW look to Jesus Christ Crucified, then shall he see his Sins answered for, then shall he see Death a-dying, then shall he see Guilt born by ⟨p. 178⟩another, and there shall he see the Devil overcome. This sight destroys the Power of the first Temptation; purifies the Heart and inclines the Mind to all good things.
And to encourage thee, tempted Creature, to this most Gospel-Duty: Consider, that when Jesus Christ read his Commission upon the entering into his Ministry, he proclaimed: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the Poor, he hath sent me to heal the broken-Hearted, to preach deliverance to the Captives, and recovering of sight to the Blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable Year of the Lord, Luk. 4. 18, 19.