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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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All that the Father giveth (Me)
In these Words you find mention made of Two Persons, the Father and the Son; the Father giving, and the Son receiving, or accepting of this Gift. This then in the first place, clearly demonstrateth, That the Father and the Son, tho' they, with the Holy Ghost are One and the same Eternal God; yet as their Personality are distinct. The Father is One, the Son is One, and the Holy Spirit as One. But because there is in this Text mention made but of Two of the Three, therefore • word about these Two The Giver and Receiver cannot be the same Person in a proper sense, in the same Act of Giving and Receiving He that giveth, giveth not to himself, but to another; the Father giveth no• ⟨p. 15⟩not to the Father, to w•t, to himself; but to the Son: So when the Father giveth Commandment, he giveth it not to himself, but to another; as Christ saith, He that giveth me Commandment, John 12.49 So again, I am one that beareth Witness of my self and the Father that sent me beareth Witness of me, John 10 18.
Further, Here is something implied that is not expressed, to wit, that the Father hath not given all Men to Christ; that is, in the sense as is intended in the Text; tho' in a larger, as was before, He hath given him every one of them; for then all should be saved: He hath therefore disposed of some another way. He gives some up to Idolatry; he gives some up to Uncleanness, to vile Affections, and to a Reprobate Mind. Now these he disposeth of in his Anger, for their Destruction; (Acts 3.42.