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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, 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⟩the Covetous, the Rule•, the Drunkard or other common Sinners, nor yet the Backsli••• neither.
Secondly, Nay the Text is so far from Ex•epting against thy coming, that it strongly sug•esteth, that thou art one of the Souls intended. 〈…〉 thou coming Backslider; else what need that •lauses 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⟩the Covetous, the Rule•, the Drunkar• or other common Sinners, nor yet the Backsli••• neither.
Thirdly, That the Backslider is intended, • evident.