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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, 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, Joh. 10. 16. Act. 18. 9, 10. The People that the Lord here speaks of, were not at this time accounted His, by reason of ⟨p. 105⟩a Work of Conversion that already had passed upon them; but by Virtue of the Gift of the Father, for he had given them unto him: Therefore, was Paul to stay here, to speak the Word of the Lord to them; that by his Speaking, the Holy - Ghost might effectually work out their Souls, to the causing them to Come; who was also ready with Heart and Soul, to receive them.
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 befal 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,