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Come and welcome to Jesus Christ. Or, A plain and profitable discourse on John…
Come and welcome to Jesus Christ. Or, A plain and profitable discourse on John VI. verse xxxvii. Showing, the cause, truth and manner of the coming of a sinner to Jesus Christ; with his happy reception, and blessed entertainment. / Written by John Bunyan, author of the Pilgrim's progress. ; [Two lines from Isaiah]Come and welcome to Jesus Christ. Or, A plain and profitable discourse on John VI. verse xxxvii. Shewing, the cause, truth and manner of the coming of a sinner to Jesus Christ; with his happy reception, and blessed entertainment. / Written by John Bunyan, author of the Pilgrim's progress. ; [Two lines from Isaiah]
Boston, : Reprinted, and are to be sold by Nicholas Boone at the Bible in Cornhill., 1728
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Secondly, The other Instance is, The Thief • on the Cross; he came late also, even at an •our before his Death; yea, he stayed from ••sus Christ as long as he had Liberty to be a •hief, and longer too; for could he have de••ded the Judges, and by his lying words escaped his just Condemnation, for ought I know, • had not come as yet to his Saviour: But be••g convicted, and condemned to die; yea, sast••ed to the Cross, that he might die like a Rogue • he was in his Life; behold the Lord Jesus, •hen this wicked one, even now desireth Mer•• at his Hands, tells him, and that without the ••st Reflection upon him for his former mif••ent Life; To Day thou shalt be with me in Pa•d•ce, Luke 23.43.
Secondly, The other Instance is, The Thief • on the Cross; he came late also, even at an •our before his Death; yea, he stayed from ••sus Christ as long as he had Liberty to be a •hief, and longer too; for could he have de••ded the Judges, and by his lying words esca••d his just Condemnation, for ought I know, • had not come as yet to his Saviour: But be••g convicted, and condemned to die; yea, sast••ed to the Cross, that he might die like a Rogue he was in his Life; behold the Lord Jesus, hen this wicked one, even now desireth Mer at his Hands, tells him, and that without the st Reflection upon him for his former mifent Life; To Day thou shalt be with me in Padce,