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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.
And again, The Jews knew this very well, or else they would have been sure to have laid it open before all the world; for they sought by all means to disown him. And though they did through the devilishness of their unbelief disown him, yet could they find no such thing as to question the right of his birth from Mary. If it had been to be done, they would no doubt have done it; they did not want malice to whet them on; neither did they want means so far as might help forward their malice, without manifest and apparent injury; For they had exact Registers or records of their genealogies, so that, if ⟨p. 23⟩they had had any colour for it, they would sure have denied him to have been the Son of David. There was reasoning concerning him when he was with them, Joh. 7. and I do believe, part of it was about the generation of which he came. And this was so commonly known, that the blind man that sat by the way side could cry out, Jesus thou Some of David, have mercy on me; thou Son of David, have mercy on me, Luke 18. 38, 39. It was so common, that he came from the loins of his Father David according to the flesh, that it was not so much as once questioned. And when Herod demanded (Mat. 2. 4, 5, 6.) of the chief Priests and Scribes of the people where Christ should be borne, they said unto him in Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is written by the Prophet, And thou Bethlehem in the land of Judea, art not the least among the Princes of Judah, for out of thee shall c•me a Governor that shall rule ⟨p. 24⟩my people Israel: (For out of thee) Mark that; if Mary had not been of Judah, Christ had not come out of Judah. But Christ came out of Judah, therefore Mary is also a daughter of Judah. and this is evident, as saith the Scripture, for our Lord sprang out of Judah, Heb. 7. 14.
And againe, The Jews knew this very well, or else they would have been sure to have laid it open before all the world; for they sought by all meanes to disown him. And though they did through the divellishnesse of their unbeliefe disown him, yet could they find no such thing as to question the right of his birth from Mary. If it had been to be done, they would no doubt haue done it; they did not want malice to whet them on; neither did they want meanes so far as might helpe forward their malice, without manifest and apparent injury; For they had exact Registers or records of their genealogies, so that, if