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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, Thy Fears, that Christ will not receive thee, may be also a Consequent of thy earnest, and strong Desires after thy Salvation by him. For this I observe; That strong Desires to have, are attended with strong Fears of missing. What a Man most sets his Heart upon, and what his Desires are most after, he (oft-times) most fears, he shall not obtain. So the Man, the Ruler of the Synagogue, had a great desire, that his Daughter should live; and that Desire was attended with Fear, that she should not: Wherefore, Christ saith unto him, Be not afraid, Mark 5. 36.
Suppose a Young Man should have his Heart much set upon a Virgin, to have her to Wife: If ever he Fears he shall not Obtain, it is when he begins ⟨p. 205⟩to love; now, thinks he, some body will step in betwixt my Love, and the Object of it; either they will find Fault with my Person, my Estate, my Conditions, or something.
Suppose a Young Man should have his Heart much set upon a Virgin, to have her to Wife: If ever he Fears he shall not Obtain, it is when he begins ⟨p. 205⟩to love; now, thinks he, some body will step in betwixt my Love, and the Object of it; either they will find Fault with my Person, my Estate, my Conditions, or somthing.
Now thoughts begin to work, she doth not like me, or something. And thus it is with the Soul at first Coming to Jesus Christ; thou lovest him, and thy love produceth Jealousy, and that Jealousy, oft-times, beget Fears.