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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.
A. Truly the Scriptures do not only hold forth so much seemingly, but they do most really, and plainly hold out these things, to all those that have received the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ. For it is it, and it alone, that can reveal these things. For no man knows the things of God, but the spirit of God, 1 Cor. 2. 11. Now if thou wouldst know these things, thou must first receive the spirit ⟨p. 203⟩of the son of God, without which, thou canst not know so much as one of the fundamental truths of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Q. But there are those in our du•es, who reject this doctrine that you lay down, concerning the Lord Jesus Christ, as you lay it down, and they are for a Christ within, for a cross within, for a resurrection, and intercession within; and they do not hold as you do, a Christ without, and a resurrection of Christ without, and intercession of Christ with u•; I, and they have very much Scripture for that which they say too: And therefore what should such as we do, that stand tottering and shaking in these distracted and dangerous times? for our poor souls are in very much doubt what way to take.
Ans. Therefore, I will speak a few words to you by way of discovery of the falsity of such opinions; and a word of direction ⟨p. 204⟩how you should understand the truth. First, therefore, he that cries up a Christ within, in opposition to a Christ without, that man, instead of having the spirit of Christ in him, is possessed with a spirit of delusion; for where the spirit of Christ is in truth, that spirit causeth the soul to look to the Christ that was born of the Virgin, for all justification; as it is written, Howbeit, when he, the spirit of truth is come, he shall lead you into all truth; for he shall not speak of himself, but what soever he shall hear, that shall he speak, and he will show you things to come, mark the next verse he (saith the son of the Virgin) shall take of mine and shall show unto you,