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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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Quest. 3. But how does it appear that Christ will in no wise cast him out that cometh to him?
Answ. 1. If Christ should cast any out that come to him, he should act contrary to the will of his Father, which he never did, and we may be sure he never will do. If a man cometh to Christ, it is the Father that draweth him. Joh. 6.44. No man can come to me except the Father which hath sent me draw him. Now if when a soul cometh to Christ, he should be rejected by him, the Father would draw one way and Christ draw another way, which can not be. Christ speaking to God the Father, saith, Thou and I, we are one. Joh. 17.22. The Father, and Christ as Mediator are one in respect of Will and Design; they both will and design the same thing. Therefore Christ himself does by this Argument pro•e that he will not cast him out that cometh to him Wherefore in the next words he saith, For I came down from Heaven not to do mine own […], but the Will of him that sent me▪ and this […] the Fathers Will which hath […] me, that of all which he hath given me, I should l•se nothing. If Christ came into the world to do the ⟨p. 13⟩Will of God, and this be the Will of God, that he should not lose so much as one of them that are given to him; we may conclude, that no Comer to him, shall be rejected by him.
Answ. 1. If Christ should cast any out that come to him, he should act contrary to the will of his Father, which he never did, and we may besure he never will do. If a man cometh to Christ, it is the Father that draweth him. Ioh. 6.44. No man can come to me except the Father which hath sent me draw him. Now if when a soul come•h to Christ, he should be rejected by him, the Father would draw one way and Christ draw another way, which can not be. Christ speaking to God the Father, saith, Thou and I, we are one.