N03023:302
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.
I would say to my Soul, O my Soul this is not the place of Despair, this is not the time to Despair in, as long as mine Eyes can find a Promise in the Bible, as long as there is the least mention of Grace, as long as there is a Moment left me of Breath or Life in this World so long will I wait or look for Mercy; so long will I fight against Unbelief and Despair.
This is the way to honour God and Christ, this is the way to set the Crown on the Promise, this is the way to welcome the invitation and inviter, and this is the way to thrust thy self under the shelter and protection of the word of Grace. Never despair so long as our Text is alive, for that doth find it out, That Mercy by Christ is offered in the first place to the biggest Sinner.
Despair is an unprofitable thing, twill make a Man weary of waiting upon God, • Kings 6.23. 'Twill make a Man forsake God, and seek his Heaven in the good things of this World, Gen. 4.14 to 17. •Twill make a Man his own Tormentor, and flounce and fling like a wild Bull in a Net, Isa. 51.20.
Despair is an unprofitable thing, twill make a Man weary of waiting upon God, • Kings 6.23. 'Twill make a Man for•ake God, and seek his Heaven in the good things of this World, Gen. 4.14 to 17. •Twill make a Man his own Tormenter, and flounce and fling like a wild Bull in a Net,