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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.
Q. But how are we justified by this Mans obedience?
Ans. All our iniquities were laid upon him, Isa. 53. 6, 8, 11, 12. And his righteousness is bestowed on us, if we believe, as ⟨p. 191⟩it is written, even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all, and upon all them that believe. And this is it which Paul so much sought after, when he saith, yea doubtless, and I count all things loss, […] do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, and be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness of God by faith, Phil. 3. v. 8, 9.
Ans. All our iniquities were laid upon him, Isa. 53. 6, 8, 11, 12. And his righteousnesse is bestowed on us, if we believe, as ⟨p. 191⟩it is written, even the righteousnesse of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all, and upon all them that believe. And this is it which Paul so much sought after, when he saith, yea doubtless, and I count all things losse, 〈…〉 do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, and be found in him, not having mine own righteousnesse, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness of God by faith, Phil. 3. v. 8, 9.