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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.
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.
Now thou fearest the Sins of thy Youth, the Sins of thine old Age, the Sins of thy Calling, the Sins of thy Christian Duties, the Sins of thy Heart, or something: thou thinkest something or other will alienate the Heart and Affections of Jesus Christ from thee; thou thinkest he sees something in thee, for the sake of which he will refuse thy Soul.
Now thou fearest the Sins of thy Youth, the Sins of thine old Age, the Sins of thy Calling, the Sins of thy Christian Duties, the Sins of thy Heart, or somthing: thou thinkest somthing or other will alienate the Heart and Affections of Jesus Christ from thee; thou thinkest he sees somthing in thee, for the sake of which he will refuse thy Soul.
But be content, a little more Knowledge of him, will make thee take better heart, thy earnest desires shall not be attended with such burning Fears: Thou shalt hereafter say, This is mine Infirmity. (Psal. 77.)