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Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…
Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of Jesus as carrying on the great work of mans salvation from first to last / by Isaac Ambrose ...
London: printed for Richard Chiswel, 1680
Book 5 › Chapter 3 › Section 3: Of Christ's Reception of sinners.
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Again, Jesus stood and cried, saying, if any man thirst, 1let him come unto me and drink: the very pith, heart, and marrow of the Gospel is contained in these words: the occasion of them was thus: on that last day of the Feast of Tabernacles, the Jews were wont with great solemnity to draw water out of the fountain of Siloam, at the foot of Mount Zion, and to bring it to the Altar, singing out of Isaiah, 2With joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of Salvation; now Christ takes them at this Custom, and recalls them from earthly to heavenly waters, alluding to that of Isaiah, 3Ho every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters.—Incline your ears, and come unto me, and your souls shall live. The Father saith come, the Son saith come, the Spirit saith come, yea,4 the Spirit and the Bride say come, and let him that heareth say come, and let him that is a thirst come, and whosoever will, let him drink of the water of life freely. All the time of Christs Ministry we see him tiring himself in going about from place to place, upon no other errand than this, to cry at the markets, Ho every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters! if any sinners love life, if any will go to heaven, let them come to me, and I will show them the way to my Fathers bosom, and endear them to my Fathers heart.
Again, Jesus stood and cryed, saying, if any man thirst, 1let him come unto me and drink: the very pith, heart, and marrow of the Gospel is contained in these words: the occasion of them was thus: on that last day of the Feast of Tabernacles, the Jews were wont with great solemnity to draw water out of the fountain of Siloam, at the foot of Mount Sion, and to bring it to the Altar, singing out of Isaiah, 2With joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of Salvation; now Christ takes them at this Custom, and recalls them from earthly to heavenly waters, alluding to that of Isaiah,