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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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4 Another end of Christs second coming is to cut of all the ignorant persons that are in the world. There is a generation of poor souls that do think to be excused for their ignorance: Alas saith one,1 I am a poor ignorant man, or woman, and therefore I hope that the Lord will have mercy upon me: We cannot, say others, do as such and such, and will the Lord condemn us? And thus poor souls, as they are in the broad way to destruction least they should miss of the way to hell; do swallow down by clusters, that which will poison them body and soul for ever, and ever.
4 Another end of Christs second coming is to cut of all the ignorant persons that are in the world. There is a generation of poor souls that do think to be excused for their ignorance: Alas saith one,1 I am a poor ignorant man, or woman, and therefore I hope that the Lord will have mercy upon me: We cannot, say others, do as such and such, and will the Lord condemn us? And thus poor souls, as they are in the broad way to destruction least they should misse of the way to hell; do swallow down by clusters, that which will poyson them body and soul for ever, and ever.
- 1Men seeking to get encouragement from their ignorance, do more harden themselves in sin, and ••are in greater danger of eternal damnation.Men seeking to get encouragement from their ignorance, doe more harden themselves in sin, and ••are in greater danger of eternal damnation.
But you will say, What, will not the Lord have mercy on ignorant souls? Ans. Not on those who live and die in their ignorance. He himself hath ⟨p. 156⟩