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Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest
Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest by Jeremiah Burroughs.Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest by Jeremiah Burroughes.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1659
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
NOW then we come to the Invitation it self, Come to me, saith Christ, Come to me; that is, Believe in me: For among many other expressions of believing in Christ, or of accepting of the Condition of the Covenant of Grace; the Holy Ghost doth express this believing and acceptation of the Covenant of Grace, by coming to Christ. Believing in Christ is expressed very often by coming to Christ: In John 5.40. You will not come to me that ye might have life. They did come to Christ in his outward presence, Christ conferred with them, and they with him; but yet saith Christ, ye will not come to me that ye might have life. And so in John 6.37. Those that the Father hath given to me, come to me, and I will in no wise cast them out. All that the Father hath from Eternity given me to redeem, they come to me, that is, they believe in me. And in verse 44. None can come to me except God the Father draw him: That is, none believes in me except my Father draw them: and so, He that hath heard and learned of the Father comes to me: That is, believes in me. And that is the meaning of the 55. of Isai. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come to the waters, buy wine and milk without money, and without price: that is, believe in me, that is the meaning. ⟨p. 117⟩All you that labour under all these several Burdens, come to me, believe in me, and I will give you rest.
NOW then we come to the Invitation it self, Come to me, saith Christ, Come to me; that is, Beleeve in me: For among many other expressions of beleeving in Christ, or of accepting of the Condition of the Covenant of Grace; the Holy Ghost doth express this beleeving and acceptation of the Covenant of Grace, by coming to Christ. Beleeving in Christ is exprest very often by coming to Christ: In John 5.40. You will not come to me that ye might have life. They did come to Christ in his outward presence, Christ conferred with them, and they with him; but yet saith Christ, ye will not come to me that ye might have life. And so in John 6.37. Those that the Father hath given to me, come to me, and I will in no wise cast them out. All that the Father hath from Eternity given me to redeem, they come to me, that is, they beleeve in me. And in verse 44. None can come to me except God the Father draw him: That is, none beleeves in me except my Father draw them: and so, He that hath heard and learned of the Father comes to me: That is, beleeves in me. And that is the meaning of the 55. of Isai. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come to the waters, buy wine and milk without money, and without price: that is, beleeve in me, that is the meaning.