Miscellaneous Pieces

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John Bunyan. Miscellaneous Pieces

OF THE TRINITY AND A CHRISTIAN

OF THE. LAW AND A CHRISTIAN

BUNYAN’S LAST SERMON:

BUNYAN’S DYING SAYINGS

OF SIN

OF AFFLICTION

OF REPENTANCE AND COMING TO CHRIST

OF PRAYER

OF THE LORD’S-DAYS, SERMONS, AND WEEK-DAYS

OF THE LOVE OF THE WORLD

ON SUFFERING

OF DEATH AND JUDGMENT

OF THE JOYS OF HEAVEN

OF THE TORMENTS OF HELL

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The law was given twice upon Mount Sinai, but the appearance of the Lord, when he gave it the second time, was wonderfully different from that of his, when at the first he delivered it to Israel.

1.  When he gave it the first time, he caused his terror and severity to appear before Moses, to the shaking of his soul and the dismaying of Israel; but when he gave it the second time, he caused all his goodness to pass before Moses, to the comfort of his conscience and the bowing of his heart.

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3.  When he gave it the first time, Moses was called to go up to receive it through the fire, which made him exceedingly fear and quake: but when he went to receive it the second time, he was laid in a clift of the rock.

4.  From all which I gather, that, though as to the matter of the law, both as to its being given the first time and the second, it binds the unbeliever under the pains of eternal damnation (if he close not with Christ by faith); yet as to the manner of its giving at these two times, I think the first doth more principally intend its force as a covenant of works, not at all respecting the Lord Jesus; but this second time not (at least in the manner of its being given) respecting such a covenant, but rather as a rule or directory to those who already are found in the clift of the rock Christ; for the saint himself, though he be without law to God, as it is considered the first or old covenant, yet even he is not without law to him as considered under grace; not without law to God, but under the law to Christ.

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