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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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•inner Coming Sinner, art thou for coming to •s Christ? Yes, sa•s the Sinner. Forsake thy eked ways then. So I do, says the Sinner. Why •rst thou then so slowly? Because I am hindered? •t hinders thee? Has God for hidden thee? No, • thou not willing to come faster? Yes yet I •ot. Well, pith be plain with me, and tell me • Reason and Ground of thy Discouragement: •, (saith the Sinner) though God forbids me • and though I am willing to come faster yet •e naturally ariseth this, and that, and the other ought in my Heart, that hinders my speed to Je••• Christ. Sometimes I think I am not Chosen; ••••times I think I am not Called▪ sometimes I ••••k I am come too Late▪ and sometimes I think, ••w not what it is to come. Also one while I ⟨p. 164⟩think I have no Grace, and then again that I • not Pray: and then again I think, that I am a • Hypocrite. And these things keep me from • ming to Jesus Christ.
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