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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.
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.
First, That Jesus Christ doth build upon it; that since the Father gave his People to him, they shall be enabled to Come unto him. And him that cometh: As who should say; I know, that since they are Given to Me, they shall be enabled to Come unto Me. He saith not, If they come, or I Suppose they will Come; but, And him that cometh. By these Words therefore he shows us, that he addresseth himself to the Receiving of them whom the Father gave to him, to save them: By ⟨p. 104⟩which, as I said, he concludeth or buildeth upon it, that they shall indeed Come to Him.
First, That Jesus Christ doth build upon it; that since the Father gave his People to him, they shall be enabled to Come unto him. And him that cometh: As who should say; I know, that since they are Given to Me, they shall be enabled to Come unto Me. He saith not, If they come, or I Suppose they will Come; but, And him that cometh. By these Words therefore he shews us, that he addresseth himself to the Receiving of them whom the Father gave to him, to save them: By ⟨p. 104⟩which, as I said, he concludeth or buildeth upon it, that they shall indeed Come to Him.
Secondly, Christ also suggesteth by these Words, That he very well knoweth who are given to him; not by their Coming to him, but by their being Given to him. All that the Father giveth Me, shall come to Me: And him that cometh, &c. This Him he knoweth to be one of them, that the Father hath Given him; and therefore, he Receiveth him, even because the Father hath Given him to Him. I know my Sheep, saith he: Not only those, that already have Knowledge of him; but those too, that yet are ignorant of him. Other Sheep have I (said he) which are not of this Fold: Not of the Jewish - Church; but those that lie in their Sins, even the Rude and Barbarous Gentiles. Therefore, when Paul was afraid to stay at Corinth, from a Supposition, that some Mischief might befall him there: Be not afraid (said the Lord Jesus to him) but speak; and hold not thy peace, for I have much People in this City,