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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, What power has he, that is dead, as every natural man, spiritually, is; Even dead in Trespasses and sins. Dead, even as dead to Gods New-Testament things; as he that is in his Grave, is Dead to the things of this World. What power hath he then, whereby to come to Jesus Christ. Joh. 5. 25. Ephes. 2. 1. Col. 2. 13.
Secondly, What power has he, that is dead, as every natural man, spiritually, is; Even dead in Trespasses and sinnes. Dead, even as dead to Gods New-Testament things; as he that is in his Grave, is Dead to the things of this World. What power hath he then, whereby to come to Jesus Christ. Joh. 5. 25. Ephes. 2. 1. Col. 2. 13.
Thirdly, God forbids the mighty man's glorying in his strength, and says positively, By strength shall no man prevail: and again, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord, Jer. 9. ⟨p. 173⟩23, 24. 1 Sam. 2, 9. Zech. 4, 6. 1 Cor. 1, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31.