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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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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⟩self is weak, because of us to this; but Christ is tr• ed Stone, a sure foundation one that will not fa•• to bear thy Burden, and to receive thy Soul, coming Sinner.
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⟩self is weak, because of us to this; but Christ is tr• ed Stone, a sure founda•ion one that will not fa•• to bear thy Burthen, and to receive thy Soul, coming Sinner.
Thirdly, Life is in Christ, that it might be su• to be the Seed. Alas! the best of us▪ was Life lef• in our hands▪ to be sure we should forfeit it, over and over, and over. Or, was it in any other hand we should by our often Backsliding so offend him that at last he would shut up his Bowels in everlasting Displeasure against us. But now it is in Christ it is with one that can pity, pray for Pardon yea multiply Pardons. It is with one that can have Compassion upon us, when we are out of the wa with one that hath an heart to fetch us again when we are gone astray: with one that can Pardon without upbraiding. Blessed be God that Life is in Christ! For now 'tis sure to all the Seed.