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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 it is a Wonder then to see a Soul that • drowned in the sense of Glory, and a sense of […] own Nothingness, to be confounded in it self, an• to fear that the Glory apprehended, is too great too good, and too rich for such an one.
And it is a Wonder then to see a Soul that • drowned in the sense of Glory, and a sense of 〈…〉 own Nothingness, to be confounded in it self, an• to fear that the Glory apprehended, is too grea• too good, and too rich for such an one.
That thing, Heaven and eternal Glory, it • great, and I that would have it so small, so sor• a Creature, that the Thoughts of obtaining it co• founds me.
Thus I say, doth the greatness of the things • fired, quite dash and overthrow the Minds of th• desire: Oh, it is too big! it is too big! it is • •reat a Mercy,