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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.
The Words were spoken by Christ, after he rose from the Dead, and they are here rehearsed after an Historical manner, but do contain in them a formal Commission, with a special Clause, therein. The Commission is, as you see, for ⟨p. 2⟩the Preaching of the Gospel, and is very distinctly inserted in the Holy Record by Matthew and Mark. Go teach all Nations, &c. Go ye into all the World and preach the Gospel unto every Creature, Matt. 28.19. Mark 16.15. Only this Clause is in special mentioned by Luke, who saith, That as Christ would have the Doctrine of Repentance and Remission of Sins preached in his Name among all Nations, so he would have the People of Jerusalem to have the first proffer thereof. Preach it, saith Christ, in all Nations: but begin at Jerusalem.
The Words were spoken by Christ, after he rose from the Dead, and they are here rehearsed after an Historical manner, but do contain in them a formal Commission, with a special Clause, therein. The Commission is, as you see, for ⟨p. 2⟩the Preaching of the Gospel, and is very distinctly incerted in the Holy Record by Matthew and Mark. Go teach all Nations, &c. Go ye into all the World and preach the Gospel unto every Creature, Matt. 28.19. Mark 16.15. Only this Clause is in special mentioned by Luke, who saith, That as Christ would have the Doctrine of Repentance and Remission of Sins preached in his Name among all Nations, so he would have the People of Jerusalem to have the first proffer thereof. Preach it, saith Christ, in all Nations: but begin at Jerusalem.
The Apostles then, though they had a Commission so large as to give them Warrant to go and preach the Gospel in all the World, yet by this Clause they were limited, as to the beginning of their Ministry: They were to begin this Work at Jerusalem. Beginning at Jerusalem.