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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
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.
And what if thou waitest upon God all thy Days? Is it below thee; And what if God will cross his Book and blot out the hand writing that is against thee, and not let thee know it as yet? Is it fit to say unto God, Thou art hard hearted? Despair not: Thou hast no ground to Despair so long as thou livest in this World. 'Tis a Sin to begin to Despair, before one sets his Foot over the Threshold of Hell-gates. For them that are there, let them Despair and spare not; but as for thee, thou hast no ground to do it. What Despair of Bread, in a land that is full of Corn! ⟨p. 99⟩Despair of Mercy, when our God is full of Mercy: Despair of Mercy, when God goes about by his Ministers, beseeching of Sinners to be reconciled unto him, 2 Cor. •, 18.19, 20.
Thou scrupulous Fool, where canst thou find that God was ever false to his Promise, or that he ever deceived the Soul that ventured it upon him? He often calls upon Sinners to trust him, tho' they walk in Darkness and have no light, Isa. 50.10.
They have his Promise and Oath for their Salvation, that f•e for refuge to the hope set before them, Heb. 6.17, 18.