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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
Come, & Welcome, TO JESUS CHRIST. › Objection 6: Objection 6.
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Objection 6.
But (says another) I am fallen since I began to come to Christ, therefore I fear I did not come aright, and so - consequently that Christ will not receive me.
But (sayes another) I am fallen since I began to come to Christ, therefore I fear I did not come aright, and so - consequently that Christ will not receive me.
Answ. Falls are dangerous, for they dishonour Christ, wound the conscience, and cause the Enemies of God to speak reproachfully. But it is no good argument, I am fallen, therefore I was not coming aright to Jesus Christ. If David, and Solomon, and Peter had thus objected against themselves, they had added to their griefs, and yet they had at least, as much cause to do it, as thou. ⟨p. 65⟩A Man whose steps are ordered by the Lord, and whose goings the Lord delights in, may yet be over-taken with a Temptation, that may cause him to fall, Psal. 37. 23, 24. Did not Aaron fall, yea Moses himself? what shall we say of Hezekiah, and Jehoshaphat? There are therefore falls, and falls; falls pardonable, and falls unpardonable; falls unpardonable are falls against Light, from the Faith to the despising of, and trampling upon Jesus Christ, and his blessed undertakings, (Heb. . 2, 3, 4, 5. Chap. 10. 28, 29.) Now as for such, there remains no more Sacrifice for sin: Indeed, they have no heart, no mind, no desire to come to Jesus Christ for life, therefore they must perish; nay, says the Holy Ghost, 'tis impossible that they should be renewed again unto repentance. Therefore, these God hath no Compassion for, neither ought we; but for other falls, though they be dreadful (and God will Chastise his people for them) they do not prove thee a graceless man, one not Coming to Jesus Christ for life.