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A vindication of the book called, Some Gospel-truths opened; according to the Scriptures, and…
A vindication of the book called, Some Gospel-truths opened; according to the Scriptures, and the opposition made against it by Edward Borough, a professed Quaker, (but proved an enemy to the truth) examined and confuted by the word of God. And also, the things that were then laid down, and declared to the world by me, are a second-time born witness to, according to truth: with the answer of Edward Borough to the queries then laid down in my book reproved. And also, a plain answer to his queries, given in simplicity of soul; and is now also presented to the world, or who else may read, or hear them; to the end (if God will) that truth may be discovered thereby. / by John Bunyan ...A vindication of the book called, Some Gospel-truths opened; according to the Scriptures, and the opposition made against it by Edward Borrough, a professed Quaker, (but proved an enemie to the truth) examined and confuted by the word of God. And also, the things that were then laid down, and declared to the world by me, are a second-time born witness to, according to truth: with the answer of Edward Burrough to the quæries then laid down in my book reproved. And also, a plain answer to his quæries, given in simplicitie of soul; and is now also presented to the world, or who else may read, or hear them; to the end (if God will) that truth may be discovered thereby. / by John Bunyan ...
London: printed by Matthias Cowley, 1657
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Again, he hath another body, and that is his Church, Eph. 1. ver. the last. Now that he is out of the sight of his Saints in one of the bodies; namely that which did hang on the Cross, it is also evident, 1 Tim. 6. where Paul speaking of that very Jesus, who did bear a faithful witness before Pontius Pilate, saith in ver. 16. Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto, whom no man hath seen, nor can see. That is not with their mortal e•es, in that glory as yet. If you say still, notwithstanding this, that Christ as he was before the world began, hath but one body, and that to be his Church, I ask you what that was, that was taken down from the Cross, and laid into Josephs sepulchre, Luk. 23.52.53.
Again, he hath another bodie, and that is his Church, Eph. 1. ver. the last. Now that he is out of the sight of his Saints in one of the bodies; namely that which did hang on the Crosse, it is also evident, 1 Tim. 6. where Paul speaking of that very Jesus, who did bear a faithful witnesse before Pontius Pilate, saith in ver. 16. Who onely hath immo•tality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto, whom no man hath seen, nor can see. That is not with their mortal e•es, in that glory as yet. If you say still, notwithstanding this, that Christ as he was before the world began, hath but one body, and that to be his Church, I ask you what that was, that was taken down from the Crosse, and laid into Josephs sepulchre, Luk. 23.52.53.