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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.
Answ. Indeed to know Christ, (Gods Christ) is as the Scripture saith, the one thing necessary, Luke 10. 42. without which all other things will avail nothing; And therefore I shall according to the Scriptures, first, tell you what Gods Christ is, and secondly, how the knowledge of him is attained unto. And therefore, first, Gods Christ is true God, and true man. That he is true God, is manifest by that Scripture ⟨p. 186⟩in Isaiah 9 6 where it is said, to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father the Prince of peace, also 1 Joh. 5. 20. And we are in him, that is true, (saith the Apostle) even in his son Jesus Christ, this is true God, and eternal life, see Heb. 1. 8. Joh. 1. 12. Rom. 9. 5. Joh. 20. 28.
Answ. Indeed to know Christ, (Gods Christ) is as the Scripture saith, the one thing necessary, Luke 10. 42. without which all other things will avail nothing; And therefore I shall according to the Scriptures, first, tell you what Gods Christ is, and secondly, how the knowledge of him is attained unto. And therefore, first, Gods Ch•ist is true God, and true man. That he is true God, is manifest by that Scripture ⟨p. 186⟩in Isaiah 9 6 where it is said, to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counsellour, the mighty God, the everlasting Father the Prince of peace, also