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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, He that is come to Christ, no• • him, than he that is but coming to him; • that is but coming to him, is yet in some • at a distance from him; as it is said of •• ming Prodigal. And whole he was yet […] way of Luke 15. Now, that that is ne•• him has the best Sight of him, and so i• • ⟨p. 81⟩make the best Judgment of his most wonderful Grace and Beauty; as God says, Let them come ear, then let them speak. And as the Apostle john says,; And we have seen, and do testify, that •od sent his Son to be a Saviour of the World, Isaiah 1 1. 1 Joh 4 14. He that is not yet come, though •e is coming, is not fit, not being indeed capable to make that Judgment of the Worth and •lory of the Grace of Christ, as he is that is ••me to him, and hath seen and beheld it▪ •herefore, Sinner, suspend thy Judgment till ••ou art come nearer.
First, He that is come to Christ, no• • him, than he that is but coming to him; • that is but coming to him, is yet in some • at a distance from him; as it is said of •• ming Prodigal. And whole he was yet 〈…〉 way of Luke 15