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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
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Also thy Desires to be saved by Christ, has put thee under another Promise, so there is two to hold thee up in hope; tho' thy present burden be never so heavy, Mat. 5.3, 6. As for what thou sayest as to God's Silence to thee, perhaps he has spoken to to thee once or twice already, but thou hast not perceived it, J•b 33.14, 15.
However thou hast Christ crucified, set forth before thine Eyes in the Bible, and an Invitation to come unto him, tho' thou be a Jerusalem-sinner tho' thou be a biggest Sinner; and so no ground to despair. What if God will be silent to thee, is that ground of Despair? Not at all, so long as there is a Promise in the Bible▪ that God will in no wise cast away the coming Sinner, and so long as he invites the Jerusalem-sinner, to come unto him, John 6.37.
However thou hast Christ crucifi'd, set forth before thine Eyes in the Bible, and an Invitation to come unto him, tho' thou be a Jerusalem-sinner tho' thou be a biggest Sinner; and so no ground to despair. What if God will be silent to thee, is that ground of Despair? Not at all, so long as there is a Promise in the Bible▪ that God will in no wise cast away the coming Sinner, and so long as he invites the Jerusalem-sinner, to come unto him, John 6.37.
Build not therefore Despair upon these things, they are not a sufficient Foundation for it, such Plenty of Promises being in the Bible, and such a Discovery of his Mercy to great Sinners of old; especially since we have withal a clause in the Commission given to Ministers to preach, that they should begin with the Jerusalem sinners in their offering Mercy to the World.