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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
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Object. But in that place (may some say) Ephes. 4. 10. he that descended, is said to be the same that ascended: Now there was no humane nature with God in heaven before the world was; Therefore if he be but the same ⟨p. 115⟩that was with the father from all eternity, then the humanity of the Son of Mary is not ascended into heaven.
Answ. First, for answer, It is clear from Joh. 1. 1. that the word,1 or Son of God, as he was a Spirit, was with the Father before the world was. But now, in the fullness of time, that is, when that time that the Father and he had concluded on, was come,2 God sent forth his son (which was with him before the world was Joh. 7. 5.) made of a woman, that is born of a woman. And he took on him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men, Phil. 2. 6, 7 Now as he was borne of a woman, as he was in the likeness of men, •o he ascended to the right hand of his Father, in our nature And for this, I pray turn to Act. 1.3 and there you shall find, that he is the same that was born of the Virgin, that very ⟨p. 116⟩