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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.
Object. But I was one of them that in his extremity said, Give him Gall and Vinegar ⟨p. 16⟩to drink, why may not I expect the same when anguish and guilt is upon me?
Peter. Repent of these your wickednesses, and here is remission of sins for every one of you.
Object. But I railed on him, I reviled him, I hated him, I rejoiced to see him mocked at by others. Can there be hopes. for me?
Object. But I railed on him, I reviled him, I hated him, I rejoyced to see him mocked at by others. Can there be hopes. for me?
Peter. There is for every one of you. Repent and be Baptized every one of you in the Name of Jesus Christ, for the Remission of Sins, and ye shall receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost. Oh! what a blessed Every one of you, i• here! How willing was Peter and the Lord Jesus, by his Ministry, to catch these Murderers with the Word of the Gospel, that they might be made Monuments of the Grace of God! How unwilling, I say, was he, that any of these should escape the hand of Mercy! Yea, what an amazing wonder is it, to think, that above all the World, and above every body in it, These should have the first offer of Mercy! Beginning at Jerusalem.