A30167:89
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. Under the name of the Son of a Virgin. Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a Sign; Behold a Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, & thou shalt call his Name Emmanuel. This Matthew expounds ⟨p. 11⟩of Christ, Isa. 7. 14. Matt. 1. 22.
3. He was promised under the name of a Rod. Then shall come forth a Rod out of the Stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his Roots, and the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him. This answereth the Text, David was the Son of Jesse, and Christ the Son of David, Isa. 11. 1, 2.
4. He is promised under the Title of a King. Behold, a King shall rule in righteousness; and a Man shall be for a hiding-place from the Wind, and a covert from the Tempest, as Rivers of Waters in a dry place, as the shadow of a great Rock in a weary Land, Isa. 32. 1, 2.