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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.
For as much as many have taken in hand to set forth their several judgements concerning the Son of the Virgin Mary, the Lord Jesus Christ; and some of those many having most grossly erred from the simplicity of his Gospel, it seemed good to me, having had some knowledge of these things, to write a few words, to the end, if the Lord will, souls might not be so horribly deluded by those several corrupt principles that are gone into the world concerning him.
For as much as many have taken in hand to set forth their several judgements concerning the Son of the Virgin Mary, the Lord Jesus Christ; and some of those many having most grosly erred from the simplicity of his Gospel, it seemed good to me, having had some knowledge of these things, to write a few words, to the end, if the Lord will, souls might not be so horribly deluded by those several corrupt principles that are gone into the world concerning him.
Now that there is such a thing as a Christ, I shall not spend much time in proving of; only I shall show you, that he was ⟨image 44⟩[…] ⟨p. 1⟩[…] ⟨p. 2⟩first promised to the Fathers, and afterward expected by their children. But before I do that, I shall speak a few words, concerning Gods fore-ordaining and purposing, that a Christ the Saviour should be, and that before the world began. Now God in his own wisdom and counsel, knowing what would come to pass, as if it were already done, Rom. 4. 17. He knowing that man would break his commandments, and so throw himself under eternal destruction, did in his own purpose fore-ordain such a thing as the rise of him that should fall, and that by a Saviour, Eph. 1. 4. According as he hath chosen us in him (meaning the Saviour) before the foundation of the world. That is, God seeing that we would transgress, and break his commandment, did before choose some of those that would fall, and give them to him that