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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.
3. Have a care that when thou art under conviction, thou doest not satisfy thy self with a notion of the free grace of the Gospel; My meaning is, do not content thy self with any measure of knowledge that thou canst attain unto, or bottom thy peace upon it, thinking thou art now well enough, because thou canst speak much of the grace of God, and his love in Christ to poor sinners. For this thou mayest have, and do; & yet be but a companion for Demas, yea, for Judas and the rest of the damned multitude; As the Apostle saith, For all this thou ⟨image 38⟩mayest be but as sounding brass, and as a tinkling Cymbal; that is, nothing but a sound, 1 Cor. 13. 1. 2, 3.
3. Have a care that when thou art under conviction, thou doest not satisfie thy self with a notion of the free grace of the Gospel; My meaning is, doe not content thy selfe with any measure of knowledge that thou canst attain unto, or bottome thy peace upon it, thinking thou art now well enough, because thou canst speak much of the grace of God, and his love in Christ to poore sinners. For this thou mayest have, and do; & yet be but a companion for Demas, yea, for Judas and the rest of the damned multitude; As the Apostle saith, For all this thou ⟨image 38⟩mayest be but as sounding brass, and as a tinckling Cymball; that is, nothing but a sound, 1 Cor. 13. 1. 2, 3.
But Secondly, if thou wouldst not be deceived, then have a care to avoid false Doctrines, which are according to the spirit of the devil, and not after Christ.
But Secondly, if thou wouldst not be deceived, then have a care to avoid false Doctrines, which are according to the spirit of the divel, and not after Christ.