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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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Then when he saith, they shall com• as much as to say, they shall believ• consequently repent, to the saving of […] So then the present want of Faith a •• pentance cannot make this Promise • of none effect, because that this Promis• in it, to give what others call for & • I will give them all Heart; I will gi•• ⟨p. 59⟩my Spirit•; I will give them Repentance; I will give them Faith. Mark these Words! If my man be in Christ, he is a new Creature. But •ow came he to be a new Creature, since none •an create but God? God indeed doth make •hem new Creatures. Behold saith he, I will make all things new. And hence then it follows, even after he had said they are new Creatures; And all things are of God; that is, all this new Creation standeth in the several Operations, & special Workings of the Spirit of Grace, who is God, 2 Cor. 5 17 18.
Then when he saith, they shall com• as much as to say, they shall believ• consequently repent, to the saving of 〈…〉 So then the present want of Faith a •• pentance cannot make this Promise • of none effect, because that this Promis• in it, to give what others call for & • I will give them all Heart; I will gi•• ⟨p. 59⟩