A30167:84
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.
2. God renewed this Promise to Abraham, and there tells him Christ should be his Seed; saying, ⟨p. 10⟩In thy Seed shall all Families of the Earth be blessed, (Gen. 12. 3.) Now saith Paul; To Abraham and his Seed was the Promise made; He saith not unto Seeds, as of many, but as of one, and to thy Seed, which is Christ, (Gal. 3. 16.)
3. He was promised in the time of Moses under the name of a Prophet; I will raise them up (saith God to him) a Prophet of their Brethren like unto thee: This Peter expounds of Christ, for Moses truly said unto the Fathers: A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your Brethren like unto me, him shall you hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you, Deut. 18. 18. Acts. 3. 22.
4. He promised him to David under the Title of a Son; saying, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son: For this the Apostle expounded of the Saviour; saying, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee: and again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son, 2 Sam. 7. 14. Heb. 1. 5.