The Riches of Bunyan: Selected from His WorksBunyan, John
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The Riches of Bunyan: Selected from His Works
Bunyan, John
Theology, Doctrinal
The answer thou givest is, "The church of God is redeemed by Christ
Jesus who is revealed in all believers, and Christ Jesus wrought in
them mightily, and it was he that wrought in them to will and to do.
This is plain scripture; and the man Christ Jesus," sayest thou,
"hanged on the cross on Calvary because they wickedly judged him to
be a blasphemer, and through their envy persecuted him to death
because he bore witness against them, and in their account he died
and hanged on the cross an evil-doer."
Ha, friend, I had thought thou hadst not been so much hardened. Art
thou not ashamed thus to slight the death of the man Christ Jesus on
the cross, and reckon it not effectual for salvation, but sayest,
the church is redeemed by Christ Jesus who is revealed within? and
to confirm it, thou dost also corruptly bring in this scripture:
"Whereunto I labor, according to his working which worketh in me
mightily; "by which words Paul signifies, that as God was with him
in the ministry of the word, so did he also strive according to his
working which wrought in him mightily. What is this to the purpose?
That thy answer is false, I shall clearly prove. First, because thou
deniest that redemption was wrought out for sinners by the man
Christ Jesus on the cross on Calvary; when the scripture says
plainly, that when he did hang on the tree, then did he bear our
sins there in his own body. And secondly, in thy saying it is
redeemed by Christ within, by being within, when the work of the
Spirit of Christ in believers is to make known to the soul, by
dwelling within, which way and how they are redeemed by the man
Christ Jesus on the cross. And this I prove further, because when
thou art forced to answer to these words, Why did the man Christ
Jesus hang en the cross, on Calvary for the sins of his children?
thou sayest, "Because they wickedly judged him to be a blasphemer."
Friend, I did not ask thee why the JEWS did put him to death; but
why was he crucified there for the sins of his children? But thou,
willing to cover over thine error, goest on cunningly, saying, that
through their envy they persecuted him to death for an evil-doer.
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