A30130:505
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, Then, Coming to Christ, is not by the will, wisdom, or power of Man, but by the gift, promise, and drawing of the Father. This Observation standeth of two parts.
First, that coming to Christ, is not ⟨p. 169⟩by the Will, Wisdom, or Power of Man.
Secondly, But by the Gift, Promise, and Drawing of the Father. That the Text carrieth this Truth in its bosom, you will find, if you look into the Explication of the first part thereof, before; I shall therefore here follow the Method propounded.
First, That coming to Christ is not by the will, wisdom, or power of man: this is true, because the Word doth flatly deny it: