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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 there are Three things that thus •en• themselves against the coming Sinner.
First, There is the Devil, the Accuser of t• Brethren, that accuses them before God Day • Night, Rev. 12.10. This Prince of Darkness, • unwearied in this Work; He doth it, as ye• see, Day and Night; that is, without ceasing He continually puts in his Caveats against the• if so be, he may prevail. How did he ply • against that good Man Job, if possible he mig•• have obtained his Destruction in Hell-fire? • objected against him that he served not God for nou•• and tempted God to put forth his Hand against hi• urging, that if he did it, he would Curse him t• Face; and all this as God witnesseth, he did with•• Cause, Job 19, 13▪ 14. ch. 2 4, 5. How did he ply • with Christ, against Joshua the High Prie•• And he showed me Joshua said the Prophet the • Priest, standing before the Angel of the Lord, • ⟨p. 99⟩