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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
There is farther to be gathered from thi• •ord (cometh) these following Particulars.
There is farther to be gather'd from thi• •ord (cometh) these following Particulars.
First, That Jesus Christ hath his Eye upon, & ••kes notice of the first moving of the Heart of • Sinner after him. Coming Sinner, thou canst •t move with desire after Christ, but he sees •e work of those Desires in thy Heart. All my […] said David, are before thee, and my groanings […] not hid from thee, Psal 38 9. This he spake, as […] w• coming, (after he had back-slidden,) […] ••e Lord Jesus Christ. 'Tis said of the Prodigal, that while he was yet a great way off, his ••ther saw him, had his Eye upon him, and ••on the going out of his Heart after him, […] 15.20.
First, That Jesus Christ hath his Eye upon, & ••kes notice of the first moving of the Heart of • Sinner after him. Coming Sinner, thou canst •t move with desire after Christ, but he sees •e work of those Desires in thy Heart. All my 〈…〉 said David, are before thee, and my groanings 〈…〉 not hid from thee, Psal 38 9. This he spake, as w coming, (after he had back-slidden,) e Lord Jesus Christ. 'Tis said of the Prodil, that while he was yet a great way off, his ther saw him, had his Eye upon him, and on the going out of his Heart after him, 15.20.