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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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This in General. But more particularly.
First, There is that Light in Christ, that is ••fficient to lead them out of, and from all that darkness in the midst of which all others, but ••em that come to him stumble, and fall, and ••rish; I am the Word saith he; He that fol••weth me, shall not abide in Darkness, but ••all have the light of life, Joh. 8 12 Man by Na••re is in Darkness, and walketh in Darkness, & ••o•eth not whither he goes, for Darkness hath ••i•ded his eyes; neither can any thing, but ••sus Christ, lead Men out of this Darkness: natural Conscience cannot do it; the Ten commandments, though in the Heart of Man, […] •o it. This Prerogative belongs only […] Jesus Christ.
First, There is that Light in Christ, that is ••fficient to lead them out of, and from all that •arkness in the midst of which all others, but ••em that come to him stumble, and fall, and ••rish; I am the Word sai•h he; He that fol••weth me, shall not abide in Darkness, but ••all have the light of life,