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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.
Now that thou mayest not be deceived in a matter of so great concernment, have a special care of these three things. First, have a care of putting off thy trouble of Spirit the wrong way, which thou mayest do three ways. First, when thy Conscience flieth in thy face, and tells thee of thy sins, thou doest put off convictions the wrong way, if thou doest stop thy Conscience by promising to reform thy self, and lead a new life, and gettest off thy guilt by so doing: For though thou mayest by this means still and quiet thy conscience for a time, yet thou canst not hereby satisfy and appease the wrath of God; Yea, ⟨image 37⟩saith God to such, though thou wash thee with Nitre, and take thee much Soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, Jer. 2. 22.
Now that thou mayest not be deceived in a matter of so great concernment, have a special care of these three things. First, have a care of putting off thy trouble of Spirit the wrong way, which thou mayest doe three wayes. First, when thy Conscience flieth in thy face, and tells thee of thy sins, thou doest put off convictions the wrong way, if thou doest stop thy Conscience by promising to reform thy selfe, and lead a new life, and gettest off thy guilt by so doing: For though thou mayest by this meanes still and quiet thy conscience for a time, yet thou canst not hereby satisfie and appease the wrath of God; Yea, ⟨image 37⟩saith God to such, though thou wash thee with Nitre, and take thee much Sope, yet thine iniquitie is marked before me, Jer. 2. 22.
2. If when thou art under the guilt of thy sins, thou puttest off convictions by thy performances or duties, and so satisfiest thy Conscience, then also thou doest put off thy Convictions the wrong way: For God will not be satisfied with any thing less then the blood, righteousness, resurrection, and intercession of his own Son,