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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, That we might have it upon the easiest Terms, to wit Freely; as a Gift, not as Wages: was it in Moses's hand, we should come hardly at it. Was it in the Pope's hand, we should pay soundly •or it. But thanks be to God, it is in Christ laid •p in him, and by him to be communicated to •••ners upon easy Terms, even so receiving, ac••pting▪ and embracing with Thanksgiving, as the Scripture plainly declare, Job. 1.11.
First, That we might have it upon the easiest Terms, to wit Freely; as a Gift, not as Wages: was it in Moses's hand, we should come hardly at it. Was it in the Pope's hand, we should pay soundly •or it. But thanks be to God, it is in Christ laid •p in him, and by him to be communicated to •••ners upon easie Terms, even so receiving, ac••pting▪ and embracing with Thanksgiving, as the Scripture plainly declare, Job. 1.11.
Secondly, Life is in Christ for us, that it might ••at be upon so b••ttle a Foundation, as indeed it •ould, ••d i• been any where else. The Law it ⟨p. 172⟩