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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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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.
First, God hath prepared a Mercy Seat, a Throne •f Grace to fit on▪ that thou may'st come thither •o him, and that he may from thence hear thee, •nd receive thee. I will commune with thee (saith •e) from above thy Mercy Seat, Exod. 2.22.
As who would say, Sinner, when thou comest • me, thou shall find me upon the Mercy Seat •here also I am always to be found of the Un•one, coming Sinner. Thither I bring my Par•on. Here I hear and receive their Petitions, & •ccept them to my Favour.
Secondly, God hath also prepared a Golden altar for thee, to offer thy Prayers and Tears upon. A Golden Altar, it is called a Golden altar▪ to show what worth it is or in God's Account. For this Golden Altar is Jesus Christ. This Altar sanctifies thy Gift, and makes thy Sacrifice acceptable. This Altar then makes thy Groans, golden Groans; thy Tears golden tears, •nd thy Prayers golden Prayers, in the Eyes of •hat God thou comest to, coming Sinner, Rev. 8.