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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.
and there is a great need of this, for though these ⟨image 6⟩truths be commonly known amongst professors to the notion of them; yet very few know or believe them aright: nay it may well be said in this age, that, if the faith of the true saints was well sifted, and tradition notion and the apprehensions of their own reason and fancy was sifted out, most of them would be found to have very little knowledge of, and faith in, these common truths.
and there is a great need of this, for though these ⟨image 6⟩truthes be commonly known amongst professors to the notion of them; yet very few know or believe them aright: nay it may well be said in this age, that, if the faith of the true saints was wel sifted, and tradition notion and the apprehensions of their own reason and fancy was sifted out, most of them would be found to have very little knowledge of, and faith in, these common truths.
Secondly, these truths being put thus together and plainly proved by the Scriptures may be a great help (through the Spirit concurring) to strengthen thee against all those damnable heresies which are spread abroad, which deny ⟨image 7⟩the Lord Jesus Christ either plainly or more cunningly and mysteriously. And thirdly, the more thou art rooted and set down from heaven in the faith of these truths of Christ, to believe fully the glorious reality of them, & their interest in them, the more heavenly peace and joy, thou wilt have 1. Pet. 1. 7, 8. & also thou wilt hereby attain the more true holiness & purity of heart and life, Acts 15. 9. purifying their hearts by faith: and then the more thou hast of the right faith of Christ and of his things in thy heart, the more strong and valiant wilt thou be in spirit to do any work private or public for Jestis Christ, like Stephen