A30167:78
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.
This word Saviour is easy to be understood, it being all one with Deliverer, Redeemer, &c. A Saviour, Jesus; both words are of the same signification, and are doubled, perhaps to teach us, that the Person mentioned in the Text, is not called Jesus only to distinguish him from other Men (for names are given to distinguish) but also, and especially to specify his Office: his Name is Saviour, because it was to be his Work, his Office, his Business in the World. His Name shall be called Jesus, for he shall save his People from their sins, Matt. 1. 21.
This word Saviour is easie to be understood, it being all one with Deliverer, Redeemer, &c. A Saviour, Jesus; both words are of the same signification, and are doubled, perhaps to teach us, that the Person mentioned in the Text, is not called Jesus only to distinguish him from other Men (for names are given to distinguish) but also, and especially to specifie his Office: his Name is Saviour, because it was to be his Work, his Office, his Business in the World. His Name shall be called Jesus, for he shall save his People from their sins, Matt. 1. 21.
Secondly, This word Saviour is a word so large, that it hath place in all the undertakings of Christ; for whatever he doth in his Mediation, he doth as a Saviour. He interposeth between God and Man as a Saviour. He engageth against Sin, the Devil, Death, and Hell, as a Saviour, and triumphed over them by himself as a Saviour.
Thirdly, The word Saviour, as I said, is all one with Redeemer, Deliverer, Reconciler, Peacemaker, or the like; for though there be variation in the terms, yet Saviour is the intendment of them all. By Redeeming he becomes a Saviour, by Delivering he becomes a Saviour, by Reconciling he becomes a Saviour, and by making Peace he becometh a Saviour: But I pass this now, intending to speak more to the same question afterwards.