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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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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, Joh. 16. 13, 14. he shall take of mine; what is that? why surely it is, he shall take of my Godhead, my humanity, my birth, my righteousness, my blood, my death, my resurrection, ⟨p. 205⟩my ascension, and intercession, my Kingly, Priestly, and prophetical offices, and shall show you the life, merit, and value of them. And this was it which was revealed to Paul by the holy spirit, here spoken of, 1 Cor. 15. 1, 2. to the 8. Moreover brethren, saith he, I declare unto you the Gospel which I•p eached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand. By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. But what is this doctrine? why, I delivered to you first of all, that which I also receive •. What was that? why, How that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures. And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, (there is his death and resurrection preached) And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve; after that he was seen of ⟨p. 206⟩above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greatest part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that he was seen of James, then of all the Apostle. And last of all he was seen of me (saith Paul) as of one born out of due time. This is it I say, that the spirit of truth doth hold forth to poor sinners, a Christ crucified without the gates of Jerusalem,