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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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I will speak to this Promise.
First, In General.
Secondly, In Particular.
In General. This Word (shall) is confined to these (All) that are given to Christ. All that the Father giveth Me, shall come to Me. Hence I conclude,
First, That coming to Jesus Christ aright, is an effect of their being (of God) given to Christ ••fore. Mark! They shall come: Who? Those that are given: They come then, because they were given. Thine they were, and thou gavest them […]. Now this is indeed a singular Com•ort to them that are coming in truth to Christ, • think […] the reason why they come, is, because they re given of the Father before to him. Thus n may the coming Soul reason with himself he comes. Am I coming indeed to Jesus rist? This coming of mine is not to be attributed to me, or my Goodness, but to the Grace […] Gift of God to Christ; God gave fist my son to Him, and therefore hath now given a Heart to come.