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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
COME and WELCOME TO JESUS CHRIST. › The Third Use▪ A Use of Encouragement.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
A full Christ […] th• Christ.
A full Christ 〈…〉 th• Christ.
1. He is full of Grace. Grace is sometimes taken •or Love▪ never […] Love like Jesus Christ. J••a•an's Love went beyond the Love of Women: but •he Love of Christ passes Knowledge. It is beyond all •he love of all the Earth, of all Creatures, even of •en and Angels. His love prevailed with him to lay •de his Glory, to leave the heavenly Place, to cloth himself with Flesh, to be born in a Stable, to be laid • a Manger, to live a poor Life in the World, to •ake upon him our Sickness, Infirmities Sins, Curse, •eath, and the Wrath that was due to Man. And all […] he did, for a base, undeserving unthankful People: yea for a People that was at Enmity with him. •or when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the Ungodly. For scarcely for a religious Man will one die, yet peradventure for a •od man some would even da•e to die. But God ••mm•nded his love towards us, in that while we •re yet Sinners, Christ died for us: much more an being now justified by his Blood, we shall be