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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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COME and WELCOME TO JESUS CHRIST. › To come therefore to a Word of Application.
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Secondly, Is it so▪ That they that are comin• to Jesus Christ are oft times heartily afraid th• Jesus Christ will not receive them? Then th•• shows us a reason of that Dejection, and tha• casting down that very oft […] perceive to • in them tha• are c•m•ng […] Jesus Christ Why • is because they are a••aid th• Jesus Christ wi•• not receive them. The poor World they mo• us because we are a dejected People; I me•• because we are sometimes so; but they do no• know the cause of our Dejections. Could we b• persuaded, even then, when we are dejected, th• Jesus Christ would indeed receive us, it would make us fly over their Heads, & would put mo• gladness into our Hearts, then in the time […] which their Corn, Wine & Oil increases. Psa. 46.7
Secondly, Is it so▪ That they that are comin• to Jesus Christ are oft times heartily afraid th• Jesus Christ will not recieve them? Then th•• shews us a reas•n of that Dejection, and tha• casting down that ve•y oft erceive to in them tha are cmng Jesus Christ Why is because they are aaid th Jesus Christ wi not receive them. The poor World they mo us because we are a dejected People; I me because we are sometimes so; but they do no know the cause of our Dejections. Could we b perswaded, even then, when we are dejected, th Jesus Christ would indeed receive us, it would make us fly over their Heads, & would put mo gladness into our Hearts, then in the time which their Corn, Wine & Oyl increases.