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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.
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.
Therefore, it must be concluded, It is for want of that which follows:
First, It is for want of the Knowledge of Christ: Thou knowest but little of the Grace and Kindness that is in the ⟨p. 201⟩Heart of Christ: Thou knowest but little of the Virtue and Merit of his Blood: Thou knowest but little of the Willingness, that is in his Heart to save thee; And this is the reason of the Fear that ariseth in thy Heart, and that causeth thee to doubt, that Christ will not receive thee. Unbelief is the Daughter of Ignorance: Therefore, Christ saith; O Fools, and slow of Heart to Believe, Luk. 24. 25.
First, It is for want of the Knowledge of Christ: Thou knowest but little of the Grace and Kindness that is in the ⟨p. 201⟩Heart of Christ: Thou knowest but little of the Vertue and Merit of his Blood: Thou knowest but little of the Willingness, that is in his Heart to save thee; And this is the reason of the Fear that ariseth in thy Heart, and that causeth thee to doubt, that Christ will not receive thee. Unbelief is the Daughter of Ignorance: Therefore, Christ saith; O Fools, and slow of Heart to Believe, Luk. 24. 25.
Slowness of Heart to believe, flows from thy Foolishness in the Things of Christ: This is evident to all that are acquainted with themselves, and that are seeking after Jesus Christ: The more Ignorance, the more Unbelief; the more Knowledge of Christ, the more Faith. They that know thy Name, will put their Trust in thee,