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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. › The APPLICATION.
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.
I now speak to them that Despair.
There are four sorts of Despair. There is the despair of Devils; There is the despair of Souls in Hell; There is the despair that is grounded upon Mens Deficiency; ⟨p. 107⟩And there is the despair that they are perplexed with that are willing to be saved, but are too strongly born down with the burden of their sins.
The despair of Devils, the Damned's despair, and that despair that a Man has of attaining of Life, because of his own Deficiency, are all unreasonable. Why should not Devils and Damned Souls d• spair? Yea, why should not Man despair of getting to Heaven by his own abilities? I therefore am concerned only with the fourth sort of Despair, to wit, with the despair of those that would be saved, but are to strongly born, down •ith the burden of their sins.
The despair of Devils, the Damneds despair, and that despair that a Man has of attaining of Life, because of his own Deficience, are all unreasonable. Why should not Devils and Damned Souls d• spair? Yea, why should not Man despair of getting to Heaven by his own abilities? I therefore am concerned only with the fou•th sort of Despair, to wit, with the despair of those that would be saved, but are to strongly born, down •ith the burden of their sins.