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Some gospel-truths opened according to the Scriptures, or, The divine and humane nature of…
Some gospel-truths opened according to the Scriptures, or, The divine and humane nature of Christ Jesus, his coming into the world, his righteousness, death, resurrection, ascension, intercession, and second coming to judgment, plainly demonstrated and proved and also answers to several questions, with profitable directions to stand fast in the doctrine of Jesus the son of Mary, against those blustering storms of the Devils temptations, which do at this day, like so many scorpions, break loose from the bottomless pit, to bite and torment those that have not tasted the virtue of Jesus by the revelation of the spirit of God / published for the good of Gods chosen ones by that unworthy servant of Christ John Bunyan ...Some gospel-truths opened according to the Scriptures, or, The divine and humane nature of Christ Jesus, his coming into the world, his righteousness, death, resurrection, ascension, intercession, and second comming to judgment, plainly demonstrated and proved and also answers to severall questions, with profitable directions to stand fast in the doctrine of Jesus the son of Mary, against those blustring storms of the Devils temptations, which do at this day, like so many scorpions, break loose from the bottomless pit, to bite and torment those that have not tasted the vertue of Jesus by the revelation of the spirit of God / published for the good of Gods chosen ones by that unworthy servant of Christ John Bunnyan ...
London: printed for J. Wright the younger, 1656
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.
who being in the form of God, thought it •o robbery to be equal with God, but made himself of no reputation, and took on him the form of a servant, and was m•de in the likeness of men. Also Rev. 2. 8. Christ himself saith, I am the first and the last, which was dead, but am alive. And thus have I quoted some few Scriptures to prove that the Son of Mary is the true God.
who being in the form of God, thought it •o robbery to be equal with God, but made himselfe of no reputation, and took on him the forme of a servant, and was m•de in the likenesse of men. Also Rev. 2. 8. Christ himselfe saith, I am the first and the last, which was dead, but am alive. And thus have I quoted some few Scriptures to prove that the Sonne of Mary is the true God.
2. I shall give you the testimony of God himself touching the truth of this, viz. That Christ, the Son of the Virgin, is the true God. And first see Zach. 13. 7. and there you shall find these words, Awake O Sword against my Shepherd, and against the Man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of Hosts. In this place the Lord ⟨p. 52⟩doth call that Man his fellow, which he doth not do to any mere creature. Again, in Ma•. 3. 17. he calls him his beloved son, saying, This is my believed Son in whom I am well pleased And in the foresaid place of the Hebrews, Cap. 1. the Apostle advancing the Lord Jesus, brings in this question, To which of the Angels said he at any time, thou art my Son? Ver. 5. But to the Son he s••h, ver. 8. Thy Throne, O God, i for ever and ever. And this far of the testimony that God himself hath given of the Son of Mary, Jesus Christ.