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The greatest sinners exhorted and encouraged to come to Christ, and that now without…
The greatest sinners exhorted and encouraged to come to Christ, and that now without delaying. Also, the exceeding danger of men's deferring their repentance. : Together with a discourse about the day of judgement. And on several other subjects. / By Increase Mather teacher of a church at Boston in N. England. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]
printed by R.P. for Joseph Brunning i.e, 1686
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John 6.37. —And him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out.
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John 6.37. —And him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out.
IN this Chapter we have the sacred Story of Christ's feeding five Thousand men with five Loaves and two Fishes, together with the Consequents of that Miracle. One Effect of it was, that many followed Christ, hoping that He would have fed them again in a way extraordinary. The Lord Christ did reprehend them for their vanity, in desiring to live an idle life, and then hoping that they should be fed by Miracle. He also took […] to exhort them to labour after meat for their souls: He does therefore set forth the excellency of spiritual bread, showing how much it does transcend the Manna which the Children of Israel lived upon in the WilWilderness; ⟨p. 2⟩thereupon the Jews desired that they might always feed upon that bread ver. 34. Then said they to Him, Lord evermore give us this bread. It is evident that they had carnal imaginations in their minds still, dreaming of bread for their bodies, which might cause them to live a long time in this world. Therefore in answer to that request of theirs, the Lord Jesus Christ does both inform and reprove them.
IN this Chapter we have the sacred Story of Christ's feeding five Thousand men with five Loaves and two Fishes, together with the Consequents of that Miracle. One Effect of it was, that many followed Christ, hoping that He would have fed them again in a way extraordinary. The Lord Christ did reprehend them for their vanity, in desiring to live an idle life, and then hoping that they should be fed by Miracle. He also took 〈…〉 to exhort them to labour after meat for their souls: He does therefore set forth the excellency of spiritual bread, shewing how much it does transcend the Manna which the Children of Israel lived upon in the WilWilderness; ⟨p. 2⟩thereupon the Iews desired that they might alwayes feed upon that bread ver. 34. Then said they to Him, Lord evermore give us this bread. It is evident that they had carnal imaginations in their minds still, dreaming of bread for their bodies, which might cause them to live a long time in this world. Therefore in answer to that request of theirs, the Lord Jesus Christ does both inform and reprove them.