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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.
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.
I cannot help it, but must let drop another Word: The first Church, the Jerusalem- Church, from whence the Gospel was to be sent into all the World; was a Church made up of Jerusalem-sinners. These great Sinners were here the most shining Monuments of the exceeding Grace of God.
Thus you see, I have proved the Doctrine; and that, not only by showing you, that this was the practice of the Lord Jesus Christ in his Life-time; but his last Will, when he went up to God; saying, Begin to preach at Jerusalem.
Thus you see, I have proved the Doctrine; and that, not only by shewing you, that this was the practice of the Lord Jesus Christ in his Life-time; but his last Will, when he went up to God; saying, Begin to preach at Jerusalem.