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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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Here indeed perceive we the Love of God. Hiram gathered, That God loved Israel▪ because he had given them such a King as Solomon, (2 Chron. 2.11.) But how much more may we behold the Love that God hath bestowed upon us, in that he hath given us to his Son, & also his Son for us.
All that the Father giveth me (shall come.)
In these last words, there is closely inserted, an Answer unto the Father's End, in giving of his Elect to Jesus Christ. The Father's End was, that they might come to him, & be saved by him; and that says the Son, shall be done; neither Sin nor Satan, neither Flesh and World, neither Wisdom nor Folly, shall hinder their coming to me. They shall come to me; and him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out.
Here therefore the Lord Jesus positively determineth, to put forth such a sufficiency of all Grace, as shall effectually perform his Promise▪ They shall come: that is, he will cause them to ⟨p. 21⟩