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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 for the call of Christ, First, There is a general call in the word, there Christ calls under the sound of the Gospel to come to him, but this call is rather a command of Christ then an invitation, to show unto all what is their Duty to do, rather then to invite them. But now, there is a more special call unto those whom the Father hath given to Christ, and though they make use of the general call in the word, yet there is a special call to them, that is, Christ by his Spirit doth open the Riches of the Gospel of the Grace in him to their Souls by his Spirit inwardly, he doth show them to their Souls. Others come and hear the outward call, that is when a Minister of God shall come and open the Gospel, and there show how God hath given his Son to us, he hath taken our Nature upon him, and died for sin, and tell them that God requires all here in the Gospel to believe in his Son, they hear his outward call, I but they whom the father gives to Christ have the Spirit of God sent together with the word, to open the Riches of Christ, that though they have heard it a hundred times before, Yet when the spirit comes, there is a showing of the beauty and Riches of the Gospel, more then ever, that allures their Souls to come to Christ.
Now for the call of Christ, First, There is a general cal in the word, there Christ calls under the sound of the Gospel to come to him, but this call is rather a command of Christ then an invitaion, to shew unto al what is their Duty to do, rather then to invite them. But now, there is a more special call unto those whom the Father hath given to Christ, and though they make use of the general call in the word, yet there is a special call to them, that is, Christ by his Spirit doth open the Riches of the Gospel of the Grace in him to their Souls by his Spirit inwardly, he doth shew them to their Souls. Others come and hear the outward cal, that is when a Minister of God shal come and open the Gospel, and there shew how God hath given his Son to us, he hath taken our Nature upon him, and died for sin, and tel them that God requires all here in the Gospel to beleeve in his Son, they hear his outward cal, I but they whom the father gives to Christ have the Spirit of God sent together with the word, to open the Riches of Christ, that though they have heard it a hundred times before, Yet when the spirit comes, there is a shewing of the beauty and Riches of the Gospel, more then ever, that allures their Souls to come to Christ.