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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.
But (Reader) that thou mayest be able to escape the snare of this cunning hunter, I shall lay thee down some few directions, which if the Lord give thee grace to follow, thou shalt escape these wicked delusions.
But (Reader) that thou mayest be able to escape the snare of this cunning hunter, I shall lay thee downe some few directions, which if the Lord give thee grac• to follow, thou shalt escape these wicked delusions.
And first of all, I admonish thee to be very serious ⟨image 33⟩touching thine estate and condition; and examine thine own heart by the rule of the word of God, whether or no, thou hast as yet any beginnings of desiring after religion: and if thou findest that thou hast lived until now in ignorance, and hast not set thy self to remember thy Creator as thou art commanded, Eccles. 12. 1. then I beseech thee consider that thou art under the wrath of Almighty God, and hast been so ever since thou camest into the world, Eph. 2. 1, 2. being thou in thy first parents didst transgress against thy Maker, Rom. 5. 18. Therefore as by the offence of one, that is, of Adam, ver. 14. judgement came upon all men unto condemnation. ⟨image 33⟩Besides the many sins thou hast committed ever since thou wast born: Sins against the Law of God, and sins against the Gospel of the grace of God: Sins against the long suffering and forbearance of God, and sins against his judgements: Sins of Omission and sins of Commission, in thoughts, words and actions: Consider I say thy condition; yea get a very great sense of thy sins that thou hast committed; and that thou mayest so do, Beg of God to convince thee by his holy Spirit, not only of sins against the Law, but also of that damning sin, the sin of unbelief.