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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.
Fourthly, Jesus Christ would have Mercy offered in the first place to the biggest Sinners, Because that is the way, if they receive it, most to weaken the Kingdom of Satan, and to keep it lowest in every Age of the World. The biggest Sinners, they are Satan's Colonels, and Captains, the Leaders of his People, and they that most stoutly make Head against the Son of God. Wherefore let these first be conquered, and his Kingdom will be weak. When Ishbosheth had lost his Abner, his Kingdom was made weak, nor did he sit but tottering then upon his Throne. So when Satan loseth his strong men, them that are mighty to work Iniquity, and dextrous to manage others in the same, then is his Kingdom weak (2 Sam. 3.) Therefore I say, Christ doth offer Mercy in the first place to such, the more to weaken his Kingdom. Christ Jesus was glad to see Satan f•ll like Lightning from Heaven, that is suddenly or headlong; and it was, surely, by casting of him out of strong Possessions, and by recovering ⟨p. 47⟩of some notorious Sinners out of his Clutches, (Luke 10.17, 18, 19.)
Fourthly, Jesus Christ would have Mercy offered in the first place to the biggest Sinners, Because that is the way, if they receive it, most to weaken the Kingdom of Satan, and to keep it low•st in every Age of the World. The biggest Sinners, they are Satans Colon•ls, and Captains, the Leaders of his People, and they that most stoutly make Head against the Son of God. Wherefore let these first be conquered, and his Kingdom will be weak. When Ishbosheth had lost his Abner, his Kingdom was made weak, nor did he sit but tottering then upon his Throne. So when Satan loseth his strong men, them that are mighty to work Iniquity, and dextrous to manage others in the same, then is his Kingdom weak (2 Sam. 3.) Therefore I say, Christ doth offer Mercy in the first place to such, the more to weaken his Kingdom. Christ Jesus was glad to see Satan f•ll like Lightning from Heaven, that is suddenly or headlong; and it was, surely, by casting of him out of strong Possessions, and by rcovering