N03023:267
The Jerusalem-sinner saved: or, Good news for the vilest of men, being a help…
The Jerusalem-sinner saved: or, Good news for the vilest of men, being a help for despairing souls: showing that Jesus Christ would have mercy in the first place offered to the biggest sinners. : In which is added, an answer to those grand objections that lie in the ways of them that would believe: for the comfort of those that fear they have sinned against the Holy Ghost / by John Bunyan of Bedford.The Jerusalem-sinner saved: or, Good news for the vilest of men, being a help for despairing souls: shewing that Jesus Christ would have mercy in the first place offered to the biggest sinners. : In which is added, an answer to those grand objections that lie in the ways of them that would believe: for the comfort of those that fear they have sinned against the Holy Ghost / by John Bunyan of Bedford.
Boston: printed for J. Edwards and H. Foster, 1733
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Is not this an Encouragement to the big•est Sinners, to make their Application to Christ for Mercy? Come unto me all ye that •abour and are heavy laden, doth also con••rm this thing, that is, that the biggest Sinner, and he that has the biggest Burden, is he who is first invited. Christ pointeth over •he heads of Thousands, as he sits on the Throne of Grace, directly to such a Man; •nd says, bring in hither the maimed, the •alt, and the blind; let the Jerusalem-•inner that stands there behind, come to ••e. Wherefore since Christ says come to •hee, let the Angels make a Lane, and let •ll Men give Place, that the Jerusalem-sinner •ay come to Jesus Christ for Mercy.
Fourthly, Would Jesus Christ have Mercy •y offered in the first place to the biggest •inners? Then come thou profane Wretch, •nd let me a little enter, an Argument with thee; Why wilt thou not come to Jesus Christ, since thou art a Jerusalem-sin•er? How canst thou find in thy Heart to •et thy self against Grace, against such Grace as offereth Mercy to thee, What spirit possesseth thee, and holds thee back •om a sincere closure with thy Saviour. behold, God groaningly complains of thee, •ying, But Israel would none of me. When • called none did answer,