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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.
When the Word of God came among ⟨p. 36⟩the Conjurers and those Sooth-sayers, that you read of Act. 19. and had prevailed with some of them to accept of the grace of Christ, the Holy Ghost records it with a boast, for that it would redound to his praise; saying,
When the Word of God came among ⟨p. 36⟩the Conjurers and those Sooth-sayers, that you read of Act. 19. and had p•evailed with some of them to accept of the grace of Christ, the Holy Ghost records it with a boast, for that it would redound to his praise; saying,
And many of them that used curious Arts, brought their Books together and burned them before all men, and counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of Silver. So mightily grew the Word of God and prevailed, Acts 19. 19, 20. It wrenched out of the clutches of Satan, some of those of whom he thought himself most sure. So mightily grew the Word of God. It grew mightily, it encroached upon the Kingdom of the Devil! It pursued him, and took the prey: It forced him to let go his hold! It brought away captive, as Prisoners taken by force of Arms, some of the most valiant of his Army. It fetch back from, as it were, the confines of Hell, some of those that were his most trusty, and that with Hell had been at an agreement. It made them come and confess their deeds, and burn their Books before all men: So mightily grew the Word of God, and prevailed.
And many of them that used curious Arts, brought their Books toge•her and burned thm before all men, and counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand piecs of Silver. So mightily grew the Word of God and prevailed,