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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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First. With respect to God.
first, That it might be in way of Justice, as […] as Mercy. And in a way of Justice it could • have been if it had not been by Christ, because • and he only, was able to answer the Demand of • Law; and give for Sin, what the Justice there• required. All Angels had been Crushed down • Hell for ever, had that Curse been laid upon •em for our Sins, which was laid upon Jesus Christ, but 'twas laid upon him, and he bare it, •d answered the Penalty, and redeemed his Peo••e from under it with that satisfaction to Divine justice, that God himself doth now proclaim, •ut he is faithful and just to forgive us, if by •aith we shall venture to Jesus, and trust to •hat he has done for Life, Rom 3.24, 25, 26. Joh. •.9.
•irst, That it might be in way of Justice, as 〈…〉 as Mercy. And in a way of Justice it could • have been if it had not been by Christ, because • and he only, was able to answer the Demand of • Law; and give for Sin, what the Justice there• required. All Angels had been Crushed down • Hell for ever, had that Curse been laid upon •em for our Sins, which was laid upon Jesus hrist, but 'twas laid upon him, and he bare it, d answered the Penalty, and redeemed his Peoe from under it with that satisfaction to Divine stice, that God himself doth now proclaim, ut he is faithful and just to forgive us, if by aith we shall venture to Jesus, and trust to hat he has done for Life, Rom 3.24, 25, 26. Joh. .9.