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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
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.
Again, When David had Backslidden, & h• committed Adultery and Murder in his Bac• sliding, he must be sent to by Name And s•• the Text, The Lord sent Nathan to David, and sent him to […] him after he had brought hi to unfeigned acknowledgement; The Lord h also put away or forgiven thy Sin;