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Come & welcome to Jesus Christ, or, A plain and profitable discourse upon the…
Come & welcome to Jesus Christ, or, A plain and profitable discourse upon the sixth of John, 37 vers showing the cause, truth and manner of the coming of a sinner to Jesus Christ, with his happy reception and blessed entertainment / written by J. Bunyan.Come & welcome to Jesus Christ, or, A plain and profitable discourse upon the sixth of John, 37 vers shewing the cause, truth and manner of the coming of a sinner to Jesus Christ, with his happy reception and blessed entertainment / written by J. Bunyan.
London: printed for B. Harris, 1678
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Note, When Christ is absent from his people, they go on but slowly, and with great difficulty; but when he joineth himself unto them, Oh! how fast they steer their course, how soon are they at their Journeys end!
Note, When Christ is absent from his people, they go on but slowly, and with great difficulty; but when he joyneth himself unto them, Oh! how fast they stear their course, how soon are they at their Journies end!
The people now among whom he last preached, when they saw that both Jesus was gone, and his Disciples, they also took shipping and came to Capernaum seeking for Jesus. And when ⟨p. 5⟩they had found him, they wonderingly asked him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither? But the Lord Jesus, slighting their complement, answered, Verily, Verily, ye seek me, not because ye saw the Miracles, but because ye did eat of the Loaves and were filled.
The people now among whom he last preached, when they saw that both Jesus was gon, and his Disciples, they also took shipping and came to Capernaum seeking for Jesus. And when ⟨p. 5⟩they had found him, they wonderingly asked him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither? But the Lord Jesus, slighting their complement, answered, Verily, Verily, ye seek me, not because ye saw the Miracles, but because ye did eat of the Loaves and were filled.
Note, A People may follow Christ far, for base ends, as these went after him beyond - Sea for Loaves; a mans belly will carry him a great way in Religion: yea, a mans belly will make him venture far for Christ.