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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.
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.
Now, Is not this a Blessed Christ, Coming-Sinner? Art thou not like to fair well, when thou hast Embraced him, Coming-Sinner! But,
Secondly Thou hast yet another Advantage by Jesus Christ, that art coming to him: For he is not only Full, but Free. He is not sparing of what he has; he is open hearted, and openhanded. Let me in a few Particulars show thee this:
Secondly Thou hast yet another Advantage by Jesus Christ, that art coming to him: For he is not only Full, but Free. He is not sparing of what he has; he is open hearted, and openhanded. Let me in a few Particulars shew thee this:
First, This is evident, because he calls thee; He calls upon thee, to come unto him; the which he would not do, ⟨p. 290⟩was he not Free to give: Yea, he bids thee, when come; Ask, Seek, Knock: And for thy Encouragement, adds to every Command, a Promise; Seek, and ye shall find; Ask, and ye shall have; Knock, and it shall be opened unto you▪ If the Rich Man should say thus to the Poor, would not he be reckoned a Free-hearted Man? I say, Should he say to the Poor, Come to my Door, Ask at my Door, Knock at my Door, and you shall Find and Have; Would he not be counted Liberal? Why? thus doth Jesus Christ: Mind it, Coming-Sinner; Isa. 55. 3. Psal. 50. 15. Mat. 7. 7, 8, 9.