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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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Secondly, An Absolute promise therefore is, as we say, without if, or and; that is, it requireth nothing of us, that it self might be accomplished. It saith not, They shall if they will; but they shall: not they shall, if they use the means; but they shall. You may say, that a will, and the use of the means, is supposed, though not expressed. But I answer; No, by no means; that is, as a condition of this promise: If they be at all included in the promise, they are included there as the fruit of the Absolute promise, not as if it expected the qualification to arise from us. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power▪ Psal. 110. 3. That is another absolute promise: But doth that Promise suppose a willingness in us, as a condition of Gods making of us willing? they shall be willing, if they are willing; or they shall be willing, if they will be willing. This is ridiculous, there is nothing of this supposed. The promise is absolute, as to us; all that it engageth for its one accomplishment, is the mighty power of Christ.
Secondly, An Absolute promise therefore is, as we say, without if, or and; that is, it requireth nothing of us, that it self might be accomplisht. It saith not, They shall if they will; but they shall: not they shall, if they use the means; but they shall. You may say, that a will, and the use of the means, is supposed, though not expressed. But I answer; No, by no means; that is, as a condition of this promise: If they be at all included in the promise, they are included there as the fruit of the Absolute promise, not as if it expected the qualification to arise from us. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power▪ Psal. 110. 3. That is another absolute promise: But doth that Promise suppose a willingness in us, as a condition of Gods making of us willing? they shall be willing, if they are willing; or they shall be willing, if they will be willing. This is ridiculous, there is nothing of this supposed. The promise is absolute, as to us; all that it ingageth for its one accomplishment, is the mighty power of Christ.