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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.
CHRIST INVITING SINNERS TO COME TO HIM. › Chapter 23 › Part 10: ARG. X.
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.
Quest. You will say then, why are you speaking all this while to exhort people to come to him, we are dead, and you had as good speak to dead men?
Quest. You wil say then, why are you speaking al this while to exhort people to come to him, we are dead, and you had as good speake to dead men?
Ans. To that is answered, God the father doth use to draw those souls that belong to his eternal election by the ministry of the word, by such exhortations as these God the father doth make use of the ministry of man, to set before poor miserable souls, the excellency of Jesus Christ, and so to draw their souls to him; and therefore if you do belong to Gods election, God will make use of his ministry to draw your hearts to come to Christ. Doth ⟨p. 177⟩God begin to draw you by the ministry of his word, have you found God by the ministry of his word begin to draw your souls, Oh! do not you draw back again, as loth to leave your sins, to leave such a sweat pleasure, such a profitable lust, but if God hath taken hold of your hearts, to draw you to him, Oh! do not you draw back again.
Ans. To that is answered, God the father doth use to draw those soules that belong to his eternal election by the ministry of the word, by such exhortations as these God the father doth make use of the ministry of man, to set before poor miserable souls, the excellency of Jesus Christ, and so to draw their soules to him; and therefore if you do belong to Gods election, God wil make use of his ministry to draw your hearts to come to Christ. Doth ⟨p. 177⟩God begin to draw you by the ministry of his word, have you found God by the ministry of his word begin to draw your soules, Oh! do not you draw back again, as loth to leave your sins, to leave such a sweat pleasure, such a profitable lust, but if God hath taken hold of your hearts, to draw you to him, Oh! do not you draw back again.