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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, He that hath sinned that Sin, Christ is to him of no more Worth, than is a Man that is Dead; For he hath Crucified to himself, the Son of God: Yea, and hath also counted his Precious Blood, as the Blood of an Unholy Thing; Heb. 6. chap. 10. Now, he that hath this low Esteem of Christ, will never come to him for Life: But the Coming-Man has an high Esteem of his Person, Blood, and Merits. Therefore, he that is coming, has not Committed that Sin.
Sixthly, If he that hath sinned this Sin, might yet come to Jesus Christ; then must the Truth of God be overthrown: which saith in one Place; He hath never Forgiveness: and in another, I will in no wise cast him out: Therefore, that he may never have Forgiveness, he shall never have Heart to come to Jesus Christ. It is impossible, that such an one should be Renewed, either ⟨p. 222⟩to, or by Repentance, Heb. 6. Wherefore, never trouble thy Head, nor Heart, about this Matter: He that cometh to Jesus Christ, cannot have sinned against the Holy Ghost.
Sixthly, Thy Fears that Christ will not Receive thee, may arise from thine own Folly, in Inventing; yea, in thy Chalking out to God a way to bring thee Home to Jesus Christ. Some Souls that are coming to Jesus Christ, are great Tormentors of themselves upon this account: They conclude, that if their Coming to Jesus Christ is right, they must needs be brought Home thus and thus: As to instance;