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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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To speak to these Words, 1. In General. 2 More Particularly.
In General: They suggest unto us […] Four things:
In General: They suggest unto us 〈…〉 Four things:
First, Th•• Jesus Christ doth build up•• that since the Father gave his People to • […] be enabled to come unto him. • […] cometh: As who should say, I […] ••nce they are given to Me, they sh•• ⟨p. 71⟩enabled to come unto Me. He saith not, if they come, or I suppose they will come; but, and him that cometh. By these words therefore he shows us that he addresseth himself to the receiving of them whom the Father gave to hims to save them: I say, He addresseth himself or prepareth himself to receive them: By which, as I said, He concludeth or buddeth upon it, that they shall indeed come to Him. He looketh that the Father should bring them •nto his Bosom, and so stands ready to embrace them
F•rst, Th•• Jesus Christ doth build up•• that since the Father gave his People to • be enabled to come unto him. cometh: As who should say, I nce they are given to Me, they sh