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The Riches of Bunyan by Jeremiah Rev. Chaplin
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the Spirit of Christ, which Spirit dwelleth in thee if thou be a
believer, and showeth those things to thee to be the only things.

And God having shown thee these things thus within thee, by the
Spirit that dwells in thee, thou hast mighty encouragement to hope
for the glory that shall be revealed at the coming again of the man
Christ Jesus; of which glory thou hast also greater ground to hope
for a share, because that Spirit which alone is able to discover to
thee the truth of these things, is given to thee of God as the first
fruits of that glory which is hereafter to be revealed---being
obtained for thee by the man Christ Jesus' death on Calvary, and by
his blood that was shed there, together with his resurrection from
the dead out of the grave where they had laid him.

Also, thou believest that he is gone away from thee in the same body
which was hanged on the cross, to take possession of that glory
which thou, through his obedience, shalt at his the very same man's
return from heaven the second time, have bestowed upon thee, he
having all this while prepared and preserved it for thee; as he
saith himself, "I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and
prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to
myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."

Again, if thou hast laid Christ, God-man, for thy foundation, though
thou hast the Spirit of this man Christ within thee, yet thou dost
not look that justification should be wrought out for thee by that
Spirit of Christ that dwells within thee; for thou knowest that
salvation is already obtained for thee by the man Christ Jesus
without thee, and is witnessed to thee by his Spirit which dwells
within thee. And thus much doth this man Christ Jesus testify unto
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