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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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Seventhly, Thy Fears that Christ will not re•••ve thee, may rise from those Decays that ••ou findest in thy Soul, even while thou art •••ing to Him: Some, even as they are com••g to Jesus Christ, do find themselves grow ••rse and worse: And this is indeed, a fore ••yal to the poor coming Sinner.
To explain my self; There is such an one a ••ming to Jesus Christ; who, when at first he ••gan to look out after him, was sensible, affectionate, and broken in Spirit; But now is grown ••rk, senseless, hard-hearted; and inclining to neglect Spiritual Duties, &c. Besides he now •ads in himself Inclinations to Unbelief, Atheism, blasphemy, and the like. Now he finds he cannot tremble at God's Word, his Judgments, nor • the Apprehension of Hell-Fire: Neither can •e, as he thinketh, be sorry for these things, Now ••is is a sad Dispensation. The Man, under the sixth Head, complaineth for want of Temptations, but thou hast enough of them; art thou •lad of them, tempted, coming Sinner? They ••at never were exercised with them, may think it • fine thing to be within their Rage; but he that • there, is ready to sweat blood for Sorrow of heart, and to howl for Vexation of Spirit.
To explain my self; There is such an one a ming to Jesus Christ; who, when at first he gan to look out after him, was sensible, affectinate, and broken in Spirit; But now is grown rk, senseless, hard-harted; and inclining to eglect Spiritual Duties, &c. Besides he now ads in himself Inclinations to Unbelief, Atheism, lasphemy, and the like. Now he finds he canot tremble at God's Word, his Judgments, nor the Apprehension of Hell-Fire: Neither can e, as he thinketh, be sorry for these things, Now is is a sad Dispensation. The Man, under the ixth Head, complaineth for want of Temptaons, but thou hast enough of them; art thou lad of them, tempted, coming Sinner? They at never were exercis'd with them, may think it fine thing to be within their Rage; but he that there, is ready to sweat blood for Sorrow of eart, and to howl for Vexation of Spirit.