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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.
That these Jerusalem Sinners were the biggest Sinners that ever were in the World, I think none will deny, that believes that Christ was the best Man that ever was in the World, and also was their ⟨image 18⟩Lord God. And that they were to have the first offer of his Grace, the Text is as clear as the Sun; for it saith, Begin at Jerusalem. Preach, saith he, Repentance and remission of sins to the Jerusalem-sinners; to the Jerusalem-sinners in the first place,
That these Jerusalem Sinners were the biggest Sinners that ever were in the World, I think none will deny, that believes that Christ was the best Man that ever was in the World, and also was their ⟨image 18⟩Lord God. And that they were to have the first offer of his Grace, the Text is as clear as the Sun; for it saith, Begin at Jerusalem. Preach, saith he, Repentance and remission of sins to the Jerusalem-sinners; to the Jerus•lem-sinners in the first place,
One would a-thought, since the J• rusalem-sinners were the worst, and greatest Sinners, Christ's greatest enemies, and those that not only despised his Person, Doctrine, and Miracles, but that a little before had had their hands up to the elbows in his Heart-blood, That he should rather have said, Go into all the World, and preach Repentance and Remission of Sins among all Nations; and after that, offer the same to Jerusalem. Yea, it had been infinite Grace, if he had said so. But what Grace is this? Or what Name shall we give it, when he commands that this Repentance and Remission of Sins, which is designed to be preached in all Nations, should first be offered to Jerusalem, in the first place to the worst of Sinners:
One would a-thought, since the J• rusalem-sinners were the worst, and greatest Sinners, Christ's greatest enemies, and those that not only despised his Person, Doctrine, and Miracles, but that a little before had had their hands up to the elbows in his Heart-bloud, That he should rather have said, Go into all the World, and preach Repentance and Remission of Sins among all Nations; and afer that, offer the same to Jerusalem. Yea, it had been infinite Grace, if he had said so. But what Grace is this? Or what Name shall we give it, when he commands that this Repentance and Remission of Sins, which is designed to be preached in all Nations, should first be offered to Jerusalem, in the first place to the worst of Sinners: