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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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And him that cometh (to me) Christ as […] Saviour, will stand alone, because his own Arm alone hath brought Salvation unto Him: He will not be joined with Moses, nor suffer John Baptist to be Tabernacled by Him; I say they must vanish, for Christ will stand alone, Luke 9.28 36) Yea, God the Farther will have it so […] therefore they must be parted from him, and […] Voice from Heaven must come to bid the Disciples hear, only the beloved Son. Christ will not suffer any Law, Ordinance, Statute, or Judgment, to be Partners in the Sinner to come; I say, not to be Partners in the Sinner. Nay, he saith not, And him that cometh to my Word but and him that cometh to Me. The Words of Christ, even his most blessed & free Promises, such as this Text, are not the Saviour of the World; for that is Christ himself, Christ himself only. The Promises therefore are but to encourage the coming Sinner to come to Jesus Christ, and not to rest in 'em short of Salvation by him.
And him that cometh (to me) Christ as 〈…〉 Saviour, will stand alone, because his own Arm alone hath brought Salvation unto Him: He will not be joined with Moses, nor suffer John Baptist to be Tabernacled by Him; I say they must vanish, for Christ will stand alone, Luke 9.28 36) Yea, God the Farther will have it so 〈…〉 therefore they must be parted from him, and 〈…〉 Voice from Heaven must come to bid the Disciples hear, only the beloved Son. Christ will not suffer any Law, Ordinance, Statute, or Judgment, to be Partners in the Sinner to come; I say, not to be Partners in the Sinner. Nay, he saith not, And him that cometh to my Word but and him that cometh to Me. The Words of Christ, even his most blessed & free Promises, such as this Text, are not the Saviour of the World; for that is Christ himself, Christ himself only. The Promises therefor• are but to encourage the coming Sinner to come to Jesus Christ, and not to rest in 'em short of Salvation by him.