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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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Temptations serve the Christian as the Shepherds Dog serveth the silly Sheep; that is coming behind the Flock he runs upon it, pulls i• down, worries it, wounds it, and grievous bedableth it with Dirt and Wet, in the lowe• places of the Furrows of the Field, and n•• leaving it until it's half Dead, not then neither except God rebuke.
Temptations serve the Christian as the Shepherds Dog serveth the silly Sheep; that is coming behind the Flock he runs upon it, pulls i• down, worries it, wounds it, and grievou• bedableth it with Dirt and Wet, in the lowe• places of the Furrows of the Field, and n•• leaving it until it's half Dead, not then neithe• except God rebuke.
Here is room now for Fears of being cast away, Now I see I am lost, says the Sinner: Thi• is not coming to Jesus Christ, says he; su• a desperate hard, and wretched Heart, as mine • ⟨p. 155⟩cannot be a Gracious one saith the Sinner. And •id such an one be better, he says, I cannot, no • cannot.
Here is room now for Fears of being cast away, Now I see I am lost, says the Sinner: Thi• is not coming to Jesus Christ, says he; su• a desperate hard, and wretched Heart, as mine