Bunyan Characters (1st Series)

Bunyan Characters, by Alexander Whyte
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Title: Bunyan Characters First Series
Author: Alexander Whyte Release Date: April 13, 2005 Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) [eBook #1885]
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Transcribed from the 1893 Oliphant Anderson and Ferrier edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk
BUNYAN CHARACTERS: FIRST SERIES BEING LECTURES DELIVERED IN ST. GEORGE’S FREE CHURCH EDINBURGH BY ALEXANDER WHYTE, D.D.
INTRODUCTORY
‘The express image’ [Gr. ‘the character’].—Heb. 1. 3. The word ‘character’ occurs only once in the New Testament, and that is in the passage in the prologue of the Epistle to the Hebrews, where the original word is translated ‘express image’ in our version. Our Lord is the Express Image of the Invisible Father. No man hath seen God at any time. The only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him. The Father hath sealed His divine image upon His Son, so that he that hath seen the Son hath seen the Father. The Son is thus the Father’s character stamped upon and set forth in human nature. The Word was made flesh. This is the ...