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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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First, Faith shall be given them; I will so leave in the midst of thee an afflicted • poor People, and they shall trust in the Na•• of the Lord. There shall be a Root of J• and He shall rise to reign over the Gent• and in Him shall the Gentiles trust, Zaph. 3. • Rom. 15.12.
Secondly, They shall have Repentance: is exalted to give Repentance; They shall • weeping and seeking the Lord their God. • again, With Weeping and Supplication will l• them, Acts 5.30, 31. Jer. 31.9.
I told you before that an absolute P• hath all conditional Ones in the Belly • and also Provision to answer all those • lification• that they propound to him th• • eth for their Benefit: And it must be • for if shall-come be an absolute Promise, • deed it is, then it must be fulfilled o very of those concerned therein. I […] must be fulfilled, if God can by Grace his absolute Will fulfil it: Besides, sin ming and believing is all one, (accor