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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. › I come now to the Reasons of the Observation.
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I come now to the Reasons of the Observation.
1. IF Jesus Christ should allow thee Once to think, that he will Cast thee out; he must allow thee to think, that he will falsify his Word: For he hath said, I will in no wise cast out. But Christ would not that thou shouldst count him as One, that will falsify his Word: For he saith of himself, I am the Truth; Therefore, he would not, that any that in Truth are coming to him, should Once think, that he will cast them out.
Secondly, If Jesus Christ should allow the Sinner, that in Truth is coming to him, Once to think, that he will cast him out: Then he must allow, and so countenance the first Appearance of Unbelief; the which, he counteth his greatest Enemy; and against which, he has bent even his Holy Gospel. Therefore, Jesus Christ would not, that they that in Truth are coming to him, should Once think, that he will cast them out: See Mat. 14. 31. chap 21. 21. Mark 11. 23. Luk. 24. 25.
Thirdly, If Jesus Christ should allow the Coming-Sinner, Once to think, that he will cast him out; then he must allow him to make a Question, Whether he is willing to Receive his Father's Gift? For the Coming-Sinner is his Father's Gift; as also says the Text: But he testifieth, All that the Father giveth him, shall come to him; and him that cometh, he will in no wise cast out. Therefore, Jesus Christ would not have him, that in Truth is coming to him, Once to think, that he will cast him out.