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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. › The Third Use; a Use of Encouragement.
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Thirdly, He is full of Wisdom, He is made unto us of God Wisdom, Wisdom to manage the affairs of his Church in general, and the affairs of every coming sinner, in particular. And upon this account he is said to be head over all things, 1 Cor. 1. Ephes. 1. Because he manages all things that are in the world by his Wisdom, for the good of his Church; all mens Actions, all Satan's Temptations, all Gods Providences, all Crosses, Disappointments; all things what ever, are under the hand of Christ (Who is the Wisdom of God,) and he ordereth them all for good to his Church; And can Christ help it, (and be sure he can) nothing shall happen, or fall out in the world, but it shall, in despite of all opposition, have a good tendency to his Church and people.
Thirdly, He is full of Wisdome, He is made unto us of God Wisdome, Wisdome to manage the affairs of his Church in general, and the affairs of every coming sinner, in particular. And upon this account he is said to be head over all things, 1 Cor. 1. Ephes. 1. Because he manages all things that are in the world by his Wisdom, for the good of his Church; all mens Actions, all Satans Temptations, all Gods Providences, all Crosses, Disappointments; all things what ever, are under the hand of Christ (Who is the Wisdom of God,) and he ordereth them all for good to his Church; And can Christ help it, (and be sure he can) nothing shall happen, or fall out in the world, but it shall, in despite of all opposition, have a good tendency to his Church and people.
Fourthly, He is full of the Spirit, to communicate it to the coming Sinner; he hath therefore received it without measure, that he may communicate it to every member of his body, according as every mans measure thereof is allotted him by the Father. Wherefore he saith, that he that comes to him, Out of his belly shall flow rivers of Living water,