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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.
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.
Secondly, He doth not only bid thee Come, but tells thee, He will heartily do thee Good; Yea, he will do it with Rejoicing: I will rejoice over them to do them Good, with my whole Heart, and with my whole Soul, Jer. 32. 41.
Secondly, He doth not only bid thee Come, but tells thee, He will heartily do thee Good; Yea, he will do it with Rejoycing: I will rejoyce over them to do them Good, with my whole Heart, and with my whole Soul, Jer. 32. 41.
Thirdly, It appeareth that he is Free, because he giveth without Twitting: He gives to all men Liberally, and upbraideth not;