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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
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First, That it might be in a way of Justice, as well as Mercy: And in away of Justice it could not have been, if it had not been by Christ; because He, and He only, was able to answer the Demand of the Law; and give for Sin, what the Justice thereof required. All Angels had been Crushed down to Hell for ever, had that Curse been laid upon them for our Sins, which was laid upon Jesus Christ: But 'twas laid upon Him, and He bare it; and answered the Penalty, and Redeemed his People from under it, with that Satisfaction to Divine Justice, that God himself doth now proclaim; That he is Faithful and Just to forgive us, if by Faith we shall venture on Jesus, and trust to what he has done for Life; Rom. 3. 24, 25, 26. 1 Joh. 1. 9.
Secondly, Life must be by Jesus Christ, that God might be Adored, and Magnified, for finding out this Way. This is the Lord's Doings, that in all Things he might be Glorified, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Secondly, Life must be by Jesus Christ, that God might be Adored, and Magnifyed, for finding out this Way. This is the Lord's Doings, that in all Things he might be Glorifyed, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Thirdly, It must be by Jesus Christ, that Life might be at God's dispose; who hath great Pity for the Poor, the ⟨p. 262⟩Lowly, the Meek, the Broken in heart; and for them that others care not for, Psal. 34. 6.