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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, An absolute Promise therefore as we say, without if, or and; that is requireth nothing of us that it self might accomplished. It saith not, They shall, [if] will; but, They shall: not, They shall, if • use the means; but, They shall. You • ⟨p. 49⟩see that a Will, and the use of the Means, is supposed, though not expressed. But I answer, No, by no Means, that is as a Condition of this Promise, if they be at all included in the Promise, they are included there, as the Fruit of the absolute Promise, not as if it expected the Qualification to arise from us. Thy People shall be willing in the Day of thy Power, Psal. 110.3. This is another absolute Promise: But doth that Promise suppose a Willingness in us, as a Condition of God's making us willing? They shall be willing, if they are willing; or they shall be Willing if they will be willing. This is ridiculous; there is nothing of this supposed. The Promise is absolute as to us, all that it engageth for its own accomplishment, is the mighty power of Christ, and his Faithfulness to accomplish.
Secondly, An absolute Promise therefore as we say, without if, or and; that is requireth nothing of us that it self might accomplish'd. It saith not, They shall, [if] will; but, They shall: not, They shall, if • use the means; but, They shall. You • ⟨p. 49⟩see that a Will, and the use of the Means, is supposed, though not expressed. But I answer, No, by no Means, that is as a Condition of this Promise, if they be at all included in the Promise, they are included there, as the Fruit of the absolute Promise, not as if it expected the Qualification to arise from us. Thy People shall be willing in the Day of thy Power, Psal. 110.3. This is another absolute Promise: But doth that Promise suppose a Willingness in us, as a Condition of God's making us willing? They shall be willing, if they are willing; or they shall be Willing if they will be willing. This is ridiculous; there is nothing of this supposed. The Promise is absolute as to us, all that it engageth for its own accomplishment, is the mighty power of Christ, and his Faithfulness to accomplish.