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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.
Sixthly, Since Jesus Christ would have Mercy offered in the first place to the biggest sinners, Let Souls see that they lay right hold thereof; lest they notwithstanding, indeed come short thereof. ⟨p. 116⟩Faith only knows how to deal with Mercy; wherefore put not in the place thereof Presumption. I have observed, that as there are Herbs and Flowers in our Garden•, so there are their Counterfeits in the Field; only they are distinguished from the other by the Name of Wild Ones. Why, there is Faith, and Wild Faith; and Wild Faith is this Presumption? I call it Wild Faith, because God never placed •t in his Garden, his Church; 'tis only to be found in the Field, the World. I also call it. Wild Faith, because it only grows up, and is nourished where other wild notions abounds. Wherefore take heed of this, and all may be well: For this presumptuousness is a very heinous thing in the eyes of God: The Soul, saith he, that shall do ought presumptuously (•hether born in the Land or a stranger) the same reproacheth the Lord; And that Soul shall be cut off from among his people, Num 15.30.
Sixthly, Since Jesus Christ would have Mercy offered in the first place to the biggest sinners, Let Souls see that they lay right hold thereof; lest they notwithstanding, indeed come short thereof. ⟨p. 116⟩Faith only knows how to deal with Mercy; wherefore put not in the place thereof Presumption. I have observed, that as there are Herbs and Flowers in our Garden•, so there are their Counterfeits in the Field; only they are distingui•hed from the other by the Name of Wild Ones. Why, there is Faith, and Wild Fai•h; and Wild Faith is this Presumption? I call it Wild Faith, because God never placed •t in his Garden, his Church; 'tis only to be found in the Field, the World. I also call it. Wild Faith, because it only grows up, and is nourished where other wild notions abounds. Wherefore take heed of this, and all may be well: For this presumptuousness is a very heinous thing in the eyes of God: The Soul, saith he, that shall do ought presumptuously (hether born in the Land or a stranger) the same reproacheth the Lord; And that Soul shall be cut off from among his people, Num 15.30.