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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 first of all, see Psal. 16. 4. where David prophesying of the intercession of Christ, saith, their sorrows shall be multiplied, that hasten after another God, ⟨p. 132⟩(speaking of the wicked) their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. Now, compare this with Heb. 8. 4. where he saith, If he were on earth, he should not be a Priest. And Heb. 9. 24. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands (meaning the temple which Solomon built) which are figures of the true: but into heaven it self, now to appear in the presence of God for us. Wherefore he is able to save to the uttermost, them that come to God by him: seeing he ever lives to make intercession for them, Heb. 7. 25
And first of all, see Psal. 16. 4. where David prophesying of the intercession of Christ, saith, their sorrowes shall be multiplyed, that husten after another God, ⟨p. 132⟩(speaking of the wicked) their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. Now, compare this with Heb. 8. 4. where he saith, If he were on earth, he should not be a Priest. And Heb. 9. 24. For Christ is not entred into the holy places made with hands (meaning the temple which Solomon built) which are figures of the true: but into heaven it selfe, now to appear in the presence of God for us. Wherefore he is able to save to the uttermost, them that come to God by him: seeing he ever lives to make intercession for them, Heb. 7. 25