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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.
Ah poor soul! it is not then thy brave words will save thee; it is not thine eloquent tongue that will then do thee any good; if thou be without the wedding garment, thou wilt be speechless, as in Mat. 22. 12. But thou that art a converted person shalt stand in the judgement; thou that are born again shalt enter into the Kingdom, and none else, Joh: 3. 5. Rev. 21. 27.
Ah poor soul! it is not then thy brave words will save thee; it is not thine eloquent tongue that will then do thee any good; if thou be without the wedding garment, thou wilt be speechlesse, as in Mat. 22. 12. But thou that art a converted person shalt stand in the judgement; thou that are born again shalt enter into the Kingdom, and none else, Joh: 3. 5. Rev. 21. 27.
But how shall I know that I am born again? Answ. Why, if thou art born again, then thou knowest that thou wast not born a Christian at first, Eph. 2. 1, 2, 3. you hath the quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins.
2. Thou knowest that once thou hadst no faith in the Lord ⟨p. 163⟩Jesus; and wert convinced of sin because thou didst not believe in the son of Mary, Jol. 6. 9.