Fourthly, These Words therefore are dropped from his Blessed Mouth, on purpose, that the Coming Sinner might take Encouragement to continue on his Journey, until he be come indeed to Jesus Christ. It was doubtless, a great Encouragement to Blind Bartlimeus, that Jesus Christ stood still, and called him, when he was crying; Jesus, thou Son of David, have Mercy on me: Therefore, 'tis said, He cast away his Garment, Rose up, and Came to Jesus, Mark 10. 46, &c. Now, if a Call to come hath such Encouragement in it, what is a Promise of Receiving such, but an Encouragement much more? And observe it, though he had a Call to come, yet not having a Promise, his Faith was forced to work upon a mere Consequence: Saying, He calls me; and surely, since he calls me, he will grant me my Desire. Ah! but Coming-Sinner, thou hast no need to go so far about, as to draw (in this Matter) Consequences; because thou hast plain Promises: And him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out. Here is full, plain; yea, what Encouragement one can desire: For, suppose thou was admitted to make a Promise thy self, and ⟨p. 125⟩Christ should attest, that he would fulfil it upon the Sinner, that cometh to him; Couldest thou make a better Promise? Couldest thou invent a more full, free, or larger Promise? A Promise, that looks at the first Moving of the Heart after Jesus Christ! A Promise, that declares, yea, that engageth Christ Jesus to open his Heart, to receive the Coming-Sinner: Yea, further; A Promise, that Demonstrateth that the Lord Jesus is resolved freely to receive, & will in no wise cast out, nor means to reject the Soul of the Coming sinner. For all this lieth fully in this Promise, and doth naturally flow there-from. Here thou needest not make use of far-fetched Consequences, nor strain thy Wits, to force encouraging Arguments from the Text. Coming-Sinner, the Words are plain; And him that cometh to Me, I will in no wise cast out.
Fourthly, These Words therefore are dropt from his Blessed Mouth, on purpose, that the Coming Sinner might take Encouragement to continue on his Journey, until he be come indeed to Jesus Christ. It was doubtless, a great Encouragement to Blind Bartlimeus, that Jesus Christ stood still, and called him, when he was crying; Jesus, thou Son of David, have Mercy on me: Therefore, 'tis said, He cast away his Garment, Rose up, and Came to Jesus, Mark 10. 46, &c. Now, if a Call to come hath such Encouragement in it, what is a Promise of Receiving such, but an Encouragement much more? And observe it, though he had a Call to come, yet not having a Promise, his Faith was forced to work upon a meer Consequence: Saying, He calls me; and surely, since he calls me, he will grant me my Desire. Ah! but Coming-Sinner, thou hast no need to go so far about, as to draw (in this Matter) Consequences; because thou hast plain Promises: And him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out. Here is full, plain; yea, what Encouragement one can desire: For, suppose thou was admitted to make a Promise thy self, and ⟨p. 125⟩Christ should attest, that he would fulfil it upon the Sinner, that cometh to him; Couldest thou make a better Promise? Couldest thou invent a more full, free, or larger Promise? A Promise, that looks at the first Moving of the Heart after Jesus Christ! A Promise, that declares, yea, that ingageth Christ Jesus to open his Heart, to receive the Coming-Sinner: Yea, further; A Promise, that Demonstrateth that the Lord Jesus is resolved freely to receive, & will in no wise cast out, nor means to reject the Soul of the Coming sinner. For all this lieth fully in this Promise, and doth naturally flow there-from. Here thou needest not make use of far-fetcht Consequences, nor strain thy Wits, to force encouraging Arguments from the Text. Comming-Sinner, the Words are plain; And him that cometh to Me, I will in no wise cast out.
