Behold, the Gracious and Glorious Invitation of the Gospel here set before us: There are various and many Questions, about which the minds of men are most solicitously agitated; but there is no Question of more Importance to be considered by them, than that, What shall I do to be Saved? In Answer to that Inquiry, there is, The One Thing Needful, recommended unto us, in 1 Joh. 3.23. This is Gods Commandment, that we should Believe •n the Name of his Son Jesus Christ. Now to Encourage our Obedience ⟨p. 74⟩unto that Commandment of God, we have here a most compassionate Invitation of our Lord Jesus Christ Himself; wherein, by, Coming to Him, He means nothing more nor less than, Believing on his Name. The Feast of Tabernacles held in September, with an Anniversary Observation among the ancient Jews, Typically Represented the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, probably at that very time of the Year, first came to Tabernacle in Flesh among us. Our Blessed Lord Jesus Christ, the Antitype of that Feast, we now find present at it; and inasmuch as the Day after the Seventh, darkly pointing at our Christian Sabbath, was the Last and Great Day of those Eight, wherein they Celebrated that Festivity, our Lord then made a most useful Sermon to a Thronged Auditory. Our Text informs us, First, What He Did. He Stood; that was that He might be […] ▪ He Cried; that was that He might be Heard. And then, what He Said. That was, If any man Thirst, Let Him come to me, and Drink. It was an usual Rite, among the Jews at that Solemnity, to fetch Water from Siloam, and pour it out before the Lord, using the words of the Prophet, in Isa. 12.3. With Joy shall ye Draw Water out of the Wells of Salvation. Perhaps these Words of our Lord may be on Occasion ⟨p. 75⟩thereof, and in Allusion thereto; and it may be as if our Lord had said, Would you know where the true Wells of Salvation are? 'Tis in me, that they are to be met withal: you must come to me for them. The Blessings which our Lord Jesus Christ has to bestow upon us, are here compared unto Water: and in his Inviting us thereunto, he seems to have some Eye unto the Form of Speaking, used by the Prophet of old, in Isa. 55.1. Ho every one that Thirsteth, come ye unto the Waters. But there is a most weighty Case which hence arises to be considered; and that is,
BEhold, the Gracious and Glorious Invitation of the Gospel here set before us: There are various and many Questions, about which the minds of men are most sollicitously agitated; but there is no Question of more Importance to be considered by them, than that, What shall I do to be Saved? In Answer to that Inquiry, there is, The One Thing Needful, recommended unto us, in 1 Joh. 3.23. This is Gods Commandment, that we should Believe •n the Name of his Son Jesus Christ. Now to Encourage our Obedience ⟨p. 74⟩unto that Commandment of God, we have here a most compassionate Invitation of our Lord Jesus Christ Himself; wherein, by, Coming to Him, He means nothing more nor less than, Believing on his Name. The Feast of Tabernacles held in September, with an Anniversary Observation among the ancient Jews, Typically Represented the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, probably at that very time of the Year, first came to Tabernacle in Flesh among us. Our Blessed Lord Jesus Christ, the Antitype of that Feast, we now find present at it; and inasmuch as the Day after the Seventh, darkly pointing at our Christian Sabbath, was the Last and Great Day of those Eight, wherein they Celebrated that Festivity, our Lord then made a most useful Sermon to a Thronged Auditory. Our Text informs us, First, What He Did. He Stood; that was that He might be 〈…〉 ▪ He Cry'd; that was that He might be Heard. And then, what He Said. That was, If any man Thirst, Let Him come to me, and Drink. It was an usual Rite, among the Jews at that Solemnity, to fetch Water from Siloam, and pour it out before the Lord, using the words of the Prophet, in Isa. 12.3. With Joy shall ye Draw Water out of the Wells of Salvation. Perhaps these Words of our Lord may be on Occasion ⟨p. 75⟩thereof, and in Allusion thereto; and it may be as if our Lord had said, Would you know where the true Wells of Salvation are? 'Tis in me, that they are to be met withal: you must come to me for them. The Blessings which our Lord Jesus Christ has to bestow upon us, are here compared unto Water: and in his Inviting us thereunto, he seems to have some Eye unto the Form of Speaking, used by the Prophet of old, in Isa. 55.1. Ho every one that Thirsteth, come ye unto the Waters. But there is a most weighty Case which hence arises to be considered; and that is,
