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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.
First, Touching election, out of which thou fearest thou art excluded: Why coming sinner, even the Text it self affordeth thee help against this doubt, and that by a double argument.
First, That coming to Christ, is by virtue of the gift, promise, and drawing of the Father; but thou art a coming, therefore God hath given thee, promised thee, and is drawing thee to Jesus Christ. Coming sinner, hold to this: and when Satan beginneth to Roar again, Answer: but I feel my heart moving after Jesus Christ; but that would not be, if I were not given by promise, and drawing, to Christ by the power of the Father.
First, That coming to Christ, is by vertue of the gift, promise, and drawing of the Father; but thou art a coming, therefore God hath given thee, promised thee, and is drawing thee to Jesus Christ. Coming sinner, hold to this: and when Satan beginneth to Roar again, Answer: but I feel my heart moving after Jesus Christ; but that would not be, if I were not given by promise, and drawing, to Christ by the power of the Father.
Secondly, Jesus Christ hath promised, that him that cometh to Him, he will in no wise cast out: And if he hath said it, ⟨p. 218⟩will he not make it good; I mean, even thy Salvation? for, as I have said already; Not to cast out, is to receive, and admit to the benefit of Salvation: if then the Father hath given thee, as is manifest by thy coming; and if Christ will receive thee, thou coming Soul; as 'tis plain he will, because he hath said, he will in no wise cast thee out: Then be confident, and let those conclusions, that as naturally flow from the Text, as light from the Sun, or water from the fountain, stay thee.