Fourthly, These Words are therefore dropped from his blessed Mouth, on purpose that the coming Sinner might take Encouragement to continue on his Journey, till he come indeed to Jesus Christ. It was doubtless a great Encouragement to blind Bartimeus, that Jesus Christ stood still and called him, when he was crying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy upon me! Therefore 'tis said, He cast away his Garment, •ose up, and came to Jesus, Mark 10 46, &c. Now, •f a Call to come hath such Encouragement in •t, what is a Promise of receiving such, but an Encouragement much more? And observe it, •ho' he had a Call to come, yet not having a Promise, his Faith was forced to work upon a mere Consequence, saying, He calls me; & sure•y since he calls me, he will grant me my Desire. Ah but coming Sinner, thou hast no need to •o so far about, as to draw (in this matter consequences) because thou hast plain Promises; And him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out▪ Here is full, plain, yea what Encouragement •ne can desire. For suppose thou wert submitted to make a Promise thy self, & Christ should attest that he would fulfil it upon the Sinner ⟨p. 86⟩that cometh to him; couldst thou make a b•• ter Promise? Could thou invent a more fo• free, or larger Promise? A Promise that loo• […] the first moving of the Heart after Jes•• Christ! A Promise that declares, yea that eng• ges Christ Jesus to open his Heart to receive […] coming Sinner: Yea farther, a Promise t• demonstrates that the Lord Jesus is resolve freely to receive, and will in no wise cast […] nor means to reject the Soul of the coming S•• ner. For all this has, fully in his Promise, […] does naturally flow therefrom Here th•• needest not make use of far fetched Conseque• ces, nor strain thy Wits, to force encouragi•• Arguments from the Text. Coming Sinner, […] Words are plain. [And him that cometh unto […] It will in no wise cast out.]
Fourthly, These Words are therefore drop'd from his blessed Mouth, on purpose that the coming Sinner might take Encouragement to continue on his Journey, till he come indeed to Jesus Christ. It was doubtless a great Encouragement to blind Bartimeus, that Jesus Christ stood still and called him, when he was crying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have me•cy upon me! Therefore 'tis said, He cast away his Garment, •ose up, and came to Jesus, Mark 10 46, &c. Now, •f a Call to come hath such Encouragement in •t, what is a Promise of receiving such, but an Encouragement much more? And observe it, •ho' he had a Call to come, yet not having a Promise, his Faith was forced to work upon a meer Consequence, saying, He calls me; & sure•y since he calls me, he will grant me my De•ire. Ah but coming Sinner, thou hast no need to •o so far about, as to draw (in this matter consequences) because thou hast plain Promises; And him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out▪ Here is full, plain, yea what Encouragement •ne can desire. For suppose thou wert submit•ed to make a Promise thy self, & Christ should attest that he would fulfil it upon the Sinner ⟨p. 86⟩that cometh to him; couldst thou make a b•• ter Promise? Could thou invent a more fo• free, or larger Promise? A Promise that loo• 〈…〉 the first moving of the Heart after Jes•• Christ! A Promise that declares, yea that eng• ges Christ Jesus to open his Heart to receive 〈…〉 coming Sinner: Yea farther, a Promise t• demonstrates that the Lord Jesus is resolv• freely to receive, and will in no wise cast 〈…〉 nor means to reject the Soul of the coming S ner. For all this has, fully in his Promise, does naturally flow therefrom Here th needest not make use of far fetch'd Conseque ces, nor strain thy Wits, to force encouragi Arguments from the Text. Coming Sinner, Words are plain. [And him that cometh unto It will in no wise cast out.]
