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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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Secondly, As Jesus Christ hath his Eye up•• so he hath his Heart open to receive the •• ming Sinner: This is verified by the T•• [And him that cometh to me, I will in no wise • out.] This is also discovered by his prepari•• the Way, in his miking of it easy (as it […] be) to the coming Sinner, which preparation • manifest by them blessed Words, I will in • wise cast out. Of which more when we ca• to the p•ace. And while he was yet a […] way off, his Father saw him, and had compassion • him; and ran and fell on his Neck and […] him, Luke 15.20. All these Expressions […] ⟨p. 85⟩strongly prove, that the Heart of Christ is open to receive the coming Sinner.
Secondly, As Jesus Christ hath his Eye up•• so he hath his Heart open to receive the •• ming Sinner: This is verified by the T•• [And him that cometh to me, I will in no wise • out.] This is also discovered by his prepari•• the Way, in his miking of it easie (as it 〈…〉 be) to the coming Sinner, which preparation • manifest by them blessed Words, I will in • wise cast out. Of which more when we ca• to the p•ace. And while he was yet a 〈…〉 way off, his Father saw him, and had compassion him; and ran and fell on his Neck and him,