A30160:112
The Jerusalem-sinner saved, or, Good news for the vilest of men being a help…
The Jerusalem-sinner saved, or, Good news for the vilest of men being a help for despairing souls, showing that Jesus Christ would have mercy in the first place offered to the biggest sinners / by John Bunyan.The Jerusalem-sinner saved, or, Good news for the vilest of men being a help for despairing souls, shewing that Jesus Christ would have mercy in the first place offered to the biggest sinners / by John Bunyan.
London : Printed and are to be sold by George Larkin, 1689
GOOD NEWS For the Vilest of Men. OR, A Help for Despairing Souls.
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 where Pity and Compassion is, there is yearning of Bowels; and where there is that, there is a readiness to help. And, I say again, The more deplorable and dreadful the Condition is, the more directly doth Bowels and Compassion turn themselves to such, and offer help and deliverance. All this flows from our first Scripture proof, I came to call them that have need; to call them first, while the rest look on, and murmur.
How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? Ephraim was a Revolter from God, a man that had given himself up to Devilism: A company of men, the ten Tribes, that worshipped Devils, while Judah kept with his God. But how shall I give thee up, Ephraim? How shall I deliver thee Israel? How shall I make thee as Admah? How shall I set thee […] Zeboim? (and yet thou art worse than they: nor has Samaria committed half thy sins, Ezek. 16.46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51.) My heart is turned within me, and my repentings ⟨p. 27⟩are kindled together, Hos. 11.8.
How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? Ephraim was a Revolter from God, a man that had given himself up to Devilism: A company of men, the ten Tribes, that worshiped Devils, while Judah kept with his God. But how shall I give thee up, Ephraim? How shall I deliver thee Israel? How shall I make thee as Admah? How shall I set thee 〈…〉 Zeboim? (and yet thou art worse than they: nor has Samaria committed half thy sins, Ezek. 16.46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51.) My heart is turned within me, and my repentings ⟨p. 27⟩are kindled together, Hos. 11.8.