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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
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, That we might have it upon the easiest Terms, to wit, Freely, as a gift, not as wages; was it in Moses hand, we should come hardly at it. Was it in the Popes hand, we should pay soundly for it: but thanks be to God, it is in Christ, laid up in him, and by him, to be communicated to sinners upon easy Terms, even for receiving, accepting and embracing with Thanksgiving. As the Scriptures plainly declare, Joh. 1. 11, 12. 2 Cor. 11. 4. Heb. 11. 13. Col. 3. 13, 14, 15.
First, That we might have it upon the easiest Termes, to wit, Freely, as a gift, not as wages; was it in Moses hand, we should come hardly at it. Was it in the Popes hand, we should pay soundly for it: but thanks be to God, it is in Christ, laid up in him, and by him, to be communicated to sinners upon easie Termes, even for receiving, accepting and imbraceing with Thanksgiving. As the Scriptures plainly declare, Joh. 1. 11, 12. 2 Cor. 11. 4. Heb. 11. 13. Col. 3. 13, 14, 15.
Secondly, Life is in Christ for us, that it might not be upon so brittle a foundation, as indeed it would, had it been any where else. The Law it self is weak because of us, as to this: But Christ is a tried stone, a sure foundation, ⟨p. 263⟩one that will not fail to bear thy burden, and to receive thy Soul; coming sinner.