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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, Because the Text makes no Exception against thee: It doth not say, And any Him •ut a Backslider, any him but him. The Text •oes not thus object, but indefinitely opens •ide its golden Arms to every coming Soul without the least Exception, therefore thou •ayst come. And take heed that thou shut •ot that Door of Unbelief which God has •pen'd by his Grace.
First, Because the Text makes no Exception •gainst thee: It doth not say, And any Him •ut a Backslider, any him but him. The Text •oes not thus object, but indefinitely opens •ide its golden Arms to every coming Soul •ithout the least Exception, therefore thou •ayst come. And take heed that thou shut •ot that Door of Unbelief which God has •pen'd by his Grace.
Secondly, Nay the Text is so far from Excepting against thy coming, that it strongly suggesteth, that thou art one of the Souls intended. […] thou coming Backslider; else what need that clauses have been so inserted, I will in no wise ••st out? As who should say, Though those that •ome now, are such as were formerly Back-••dden, I will in no wise cast away the Fornicator, ⟨p. 88⟩