Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

I have been long in the proof: but a word of use, and I have done. What? is Christ most willing to receive sinners? O then be exhorted! who would not come to Jesus Christ? methinks now all sinners of all sorts should say, though I have been a drunkard, a swearer, an unclean person, yet now I hear Christ is willing to receive sinners, and therefore I will go to Jesus Christ. This is my exhortation, O come unto Christ, come unto Christ! behold here in the name of the Lord I stand, and make invitation to poor sinners; O will ye not come? how will ye answer it at the great day, when it shall be said, the Lord Jesus made a tender and offer of mercy to you, and you would not accept of it? Oh come to Christ, and believe on Christ; as Christ is willing to receive you, so be you willing to give up your souls to him; the motives to this I may lay down in these particulars.—

1. The Doctrine of Christ, Come unto me,— and him that cometh unto me, I will in no wise cast out. All the arguments of God and Christ, of which you have heard, the practice of Christ whiles he was upon earth, and the heart of Christ now in Heaven; lay these together, and apply them to your own souls. Oh what work will they make!

2. The calls of God, and Christ; as they are frequent in Scriptures; consider that Text, Ho, every one that thirsts, come ye to the waters! Isa. 55.1. [Ho] he begins proclamation-wise; we usually say, vocations, interjections speak very affectionate motion towards the distressed; certainly Christ's love is a very affectionate love, he lays his mouth to the ears of those that are spiritually deaf, and cries aloud, Ho [every one] Christ invites all: As many as ye shall find, bid them to the Marriage,