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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, That the Backslider is intended, • evident.
First, For that he is sent to by Name, Go• has Disciples, and Peter, Mark. 16.7. But Peter […] a godly Man. True but he was also a Bac• slider, yea, a desperate Backslider. He had a• med his Master once, twice, thrice, cursing • swearing that he knew him not. If this was […] Backsliding, if this was not an high & emine•• Backsliding, yea a higher Backsliding than th• art capable of, I have thought amiss.
First, For that he is sent to by Name, Go• has D•sciples, and Peter, Mark. 16.7. But Peter 〈…〉 a godly Man. True but he was also a Bac• slider, yea, a desperate Backslider. He had a• med his Master once, twice, thrice, cursing • swearing that he knew him not. If this was 〈…〉 Backsliding, if this was not an high & emine•• Backsliding, yea a higher Backsliding than th• art capable of, I have thought amiss.