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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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3. God breaks out with a further discovery of himself in love to that generation in which Abraham lived, Gen. 12. 3. where he saith, And in thee, (that is, from thee shall Christ come through, in whom) shall […] the families of the earth be blessed. This was also a further manifestation of the good will of God to poor lost sinners; ⟨p. 11⟩and through this discovery of the Gospel, did Abraham see that which made him rejoice, Joh. 8. 56.
3. God breaks out with a further discovery of himself in love to that generation in which Abraham lived, Gen. 12. 3. where he saith, And in thee, (that is, from thee shall Christ come thorow, in whom) shal 〈…〉 the families of the earth be blessed. This was also a further manifestation of the good will of God to poor lost sinners; ⟨p. 11⟩and through this discovery of the Gospel, did Abraham see that which made him rejoyce, Ioh. 8. 56.
4. When the time was come that Moses was to be a Prophet to the people of his Generation, then God did more gloriously yet break forth with one type after another; as the blood of Bulls, & Lambs, & Goats: Also Sacrifices of divers manners, and of several things, which held forth that Saviour more clearly which God had in his own purpose & decree determined to be sent; for these things (the types) were a shadow of that which was to come, which was the substance, Heb. 9. 9. 10.