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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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5. The faith of this doctrine, will make thee labour in the work of God in the world. ⟨p. 178⟩Oh, how it will liven thy heart in the work of the Lord; especially, if thou livest in the faith of thy interest in Christ, it will make thee labour to be found watching when thy Lord shall return from the wedding; that when he doth come, thou mayest open to him immediately. Luke 12. 35. 36.
5. The faith of this doctrine, will make thee labour in the work of God in the world. ⟨p. 178⟩Oh, how it will liven thy heart in the work of the Lord; especially, if thou livest in the faith of thy interest in Christ, it will make thee labour to be found watching when thy Lord shall returne from the wedding; that when he doth come, thou maiest open to him immediately. Luke 12. 35. 36.
Now seeing the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is so nigh, even at the doors, what doth this speak to all sorts of people (under heaven) but this? first, to see whither they have oil in their lamps or not; that is, to search, and see, whither the spirit of the man Christ Jesus be in them or no; for he that hath not the spirit of Christ in him, is none of Christs, Rom 89▪ Thou that hast not the spirit of Christ in thee, why, at that day (let thy profession be what it will) he will say to thee, depart, I know you not, Mat. 25. and if so, then thy latter end ⟨p. 179⟩will be worse then thy beginning, as in