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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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6. It is also that sin which is always at hand, to enter an Objection against this or that Promise, that by the spirit of God is brought to our Heart to comfort us. And if the poor coming Sinner is not aware of it, it will, b• some Exaction, Slight▪ Trick or Cavil, quickly wrest from him the Promise again, and he shall have but little benefit of it.
7. It is that, above all other sins, that weakens our Prayers, one Faith, our Love, our Diligence, ⟨p. 174⟩our Hope and Expectations. It even taketh th• Heart away from God in Duty.
8. Lastly This sin, as I have said, even now i• appears in the Soul with so many sweet Pretences t• safety and security, that it is, as it were, Counsel sent from Heaven: bidding the Soul be wiser, wary considerate▪ well advised, and to make heed of to rash a venture upon Believing. Be sure first tha• God loves you: take hold of no Promise, un••• you are forced by God unto it: neither be you sur• of your Salvation doubt it still, though the Testimony of the Lord has often been confirmed i• you? Live not by Faith but by Sense; and when you can neither see no• feel, then fear and mistrust▪ then doubt and question all. This is the Devilish Counsel of Unbelief which is to covered over with specious Pretences▪ that the wisest Christian can hardly shake off these Reasonings.
8. La•tly This sin, as I have said, even now i• appears in the Soul with so many sweet Pretences t• safety and security, that it is, as it were, Counse• sent from Heaven: bidding the Soul be wiser, wary• considerate▪ well advised, and to make heed of to rash a venture upon Believing. Be sure first tha• God loves you: take hold of no Promise, un••• you are forced by God unto it: neither be you sur• of your Salvation doubt it still, though the Testimony of the Lord has often been confirmed i• you? Live not by Faith but by Sense; and when you can neither see no• feel, then fear and mistrust▪ then doubt and question all. This is the D•vilish Counsel of Unbelief which is to covered over with specious Pretences▪ that the wisest Christian can hardly shake off these Reasonings.
But to be brief: Let me here give thee Christian Reader, a more particular Description of the Qualities of Unbelief, by opposing Faith unto it, in these Twenty five Particulars.
1. Faith believeth the Word of God, but Unbe• questioneth the Certainty •f the same, Ps. 106 4.
• Faith believeth the Word, because it is true; the Unbelief doubteth thereof, because it is true, 1 Tim. 3.4.
3 Faith sees more in a Promise of God to help, th•• all other things to hinder: but Unbelief notwithstanding God's Promise, saith. How can these things be▪ Rom. 4.19 20, 21 2 King. 7.2.
6 Faith will give Comfort in the midst of Bears▪ But Unbelief causeth Fears in the midst of ⟨p. 175⟩comfort, 2 Chron. 20, 21. Mat. 8.26 Luke. 24. • 37.
6 Faith will give Comfort in the midst of Bears▪ But Unbelief causeth Fears in the midst of ⟨p. 175⟩••mfort, 2 Chron. 20, 21. Mat. 8.26 Luke. 24. • 37.
• Faith will suck Sweetness out of God's Rod; • Unbelief can find no comfort in his greatest •••cies. Psalm 23 4.
• Faith maketh great Burdens light; but Un••••ef maketh light ones intolerable heavy, 2 Cor. • 15 16, 17.18.
• Faith maketh great Burthens light; but Un••••ef makethh light ones intolerable heavy, 2 Cor. • 15 16, 17.18.
• Faith helpeth us when we are down: but belief throws us down when we are up, Mich. • 9 10.
10 Faith bringeth us near to God, when we are • from him; but Unbelief puts us far from God, •en we are near to him Heb. 10 22 ch, 3 12 13.
10 Faith bringeth us near to God, when we are • from him; but Unbelief puts us far f•om God, •en we are near to him Heb. 10 22 ch, 3 12 13.
11. Where Faith reigns, it declareth Men to be • Friends of God; but where Unbelief reigns • declareth them to be his Enemies, Jam. 5 23. •eb 3.18.
12 Faith putteth a man under Grace; but Unbelief holdeth him under wrath, Rom. 3 24.25, • Chap. 14 16. Eph 2.8 John 3.39. 1 John • 10 Heb 3.17 Mark 16.16.
12 Faith putteth a man under Grace; but Un••lief holdeth him under wrath, Rom. 3 24.25, • Chap. 14 16. Eph 2.8 John 3.39. 1 John • 10 Heb 3.17 Mark 16.16.
