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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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3. Art thou born again? then thou seest that thy great sin was want of faith in the Son ⟨p. 167⟩of Mary. Then thou seest that it is he that was sent of God to die for the sins of the world, J•h. •. 19 Jo. 3. 16, 17, 18, 19. Act 13 38, 39. and that thou art complete in him, without any works of the Law, Rom. 4. 4. the• thou rejoicest in Christ Jesus and puttest no confidence in the flesh, Phil. 3. 3. yet thou rejoicest in the flesh and blood of the son of Mary, knowing that his flesh is meat indeed, and his blood is drink indeed, Joh. 6. 55. out of which thou wouldst very willingly make thy life all thy days; out of his birth, obedience, death, resurrection, ascension, and glorious intercession now at the right hand of his father, Heb. 7. 24, 25. but if thou art wavering in these things, know, that thou art but a babe at the best, and for ought thou knowest, God may cut thee off in thy unbelief and cast thee into utter darkness, where there shall ⟨p. 168⟩be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth.
3. Art thou born again? then thou seest that thy great sin was want of faith in the Son ⟨p. 167⟩of Mary. Then thou seest that it is he that was sent of God to die for the sins of the world, J•h. •. 19 Jo. 3. 16, 17, 18, 19. Act 13 38, 39. and that thou art compleat in him, without any works of the Law, Rom. 4. 4. the• thou rejoycest in Christ Jesus and puttest no confidence in the flesh,