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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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Fifthly, Is it so? That no man comes to Jesus Christ by the will, Wisdom and power of man, but by the gift, promise, and drawing of the Father: Then this showeth us, how it comes to pass, that weak means is so powerful as to bring men out of their sins, to a hearty pursuit after Jesus Christ: When God bid Moses speak to the people, he said, I will ⟨p. 181⟩speak with thee, Exod. 19. When God speaks, when God works, Who can let it? None, none. Then the work goes on. Elijah threw his Mantle upon the Shoulders of Elisha: and what a wonderful work followed. When Jesus fell in with the crowing of a Cock, what work was there! O when God is in the Means, then shall that Means, (be it never so weak, and contemptible in it self) work wonders, 1 Kings 19. 19. Matt. 26. 74, 75. Mar. 14. 71, 72. Luk. 22. 60, 61, 62.
Fifthly, Is it so? That no man comes to Jesus Christ by the will, Wisdome and power of man, but by the gift, promise, and drawing of the Father: Then this sheweth us, how it comes to pass, that weak means is so powerful as to bring men out of their sins, to a hearty pursute after Jesus Christ: When God bid Moses speak to the people, he said, I will ⟨p. 181⟩speak with thee, Exod. 19. When God speaks, when God works, Who can let it? None, none. Then the work goes on. Elias threw his Mantle upon the Shoulders of Elisha: and what a wonderful work followed. When Jesus fell in with the crowing of a Cock, what work was there! O when God is in the Means, then shall that Means, (be it never so weak, and contemptible in it self) work wonders, 1 Kings 19. 19.