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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.
CHAP. XXIII.
Nine means to draw Sinners to Christ, namely, That, 1. He that calls us is the Son of God. 2. He is our near Kinsman, (wherein three strong arguments are included. First, The terror of Gods glory is taken away. Secondly, He is infinitely inclined to do good unto the Sons of men. Thirdly, In uniting the divine nature with the human, he hath done a greater work than to save a soul.) 3. He is the mediator. 4. He deserves that we should come to him. 5. The soul gets infinite good by coming to Christ, instanced in four particulars. 6. We are miserable in our selves. 7. Christ will certainly receive them that come to him, which is opened in three particulars. 8. We stand in great need of Christ. 9. The not coming to Christ will aggravate all other Sins. With an answer unto some Objections.
Nine means to draw Sinners to Christ, namely, That, 1. He that cals us is the Son of God. 2. He is our neer Kinsman, (wherein three strong arguments are included. First, The terror of Gods glory is taken away. Secondly, He is infinitely inclined to do good unto the Sons of men. Thirdly, In uniting the divine nature with the human, he hath done a greater work than to save a soul.) 3. He is the mediator. 4. He deserves that we should come to him. 5. The soul gets infinite good by coming to Christ, instanced in four particulars. 6. We are miserable in our selves. 7. Christ wil certainly receive them that come to him, which is opened in three particulars. 8. We stand in great need of Christ. 9. The not coming to Christ wil aggravate all other Sins. With an answer unto some Objections.
NOW that which follows to be spoken unto in this second part of the text, the invitation it self, is the drawing of the hearts of sinners to come to Christ, the work that we have to do, is, that in