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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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Thirdly, As Jesus Christ has his Eyes upon, & his Heart open to receive, so he hath resolved already that nothing shall alienate his Heart from receiving the coming Sinner. No Sins of the coming Sinner, nor the length of the Time that he has abode in them, shall by any means prevail with Jesus Christ to reject him. Coming Sinner, thou art coming to a loving Lord Jesus.
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.]