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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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•nsw Falls are dangerous, for they Disho•r Christ, wound the Conscience & cause • Enemies of God to speak reproachfully. • it is no good Argument, I am fallen, there• I was not coming aright to Jesus Christ David and Solomon, and Peter had thus object against themselves, they had added to their •efs; and yet at least as much cause as thou. • Man whose Steps are ordered by the Lord, • whose goings the Lord delight in, m•y yet overtaken in a Temptation that may cause • to fall, Psal 37 23, 24 Did not Aaron fall; • and Moses himself? What shall we say of •ekiah and Jehoshaphat? There are therefore •s and Falls: Falls pardonable, and Falls pardonable: Falls unpardonable are Falls a• […] Light, from the Faith to the despising of • trampling upon Jesus Christ, and his bless Undertakings, (Heb 6.2.3.4, 5 Ch 10 28, 29.) •w as for such there remains no more Sacri• for Sin: Indeed, they have no Heart, no •nd, no Desire to come to Jesus Christ for •e, therefore they must perish. Nay, says • Holy Ghost, 'Tis impossible that they should be •newed again unto Repentance. Therefore these ⟨p. 44⟩God hath no compassion for, neither ought w• but for other Falls, though they be dread• (and God will Chastise his People for then they do not prove thee a Graceless Man, not come to Jesus Christ for Life.