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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.
Oh the Greatness of the Grace of Christ!! That he should be thus in love with the Souls of Jerusalem-sinners! That he should be thus delighted with the Salvation of the Jerusalem-sinners! That he should not only will that his Gospel should be offered them, but that it should be offered unto them first, and before other Sinners were admitted to a hearing of it; Begin at Jerusalem.
Was this Doctrine well believed, where would there be place for a doubt, or a fear of the Damnation of the Soul, if the Sinner be penitent; How bad a Life soever he has lived, how many soever in number are his sins!
But this Grace is hid from the Eyes of Men, the Devil hides it from them; for he knows it is alluring; he knows it has an attracting Virtue in it. For this ⟨p. 22⟩is it, that above all Arguments can draw the Soul to God.
But this Grace is hid from the Eyes of Men, the Devil hides it from them; for he knows it is alluring; he knows it has an attracting Vertue in it. For this ⟨p. 22⟩is it, that above all Arguments can draw the Soul to God.