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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.
Whence note, They fear not God, that hope not in his Mercy. Also, God is angry with them that hope not in his Mercy; for he only taketh pleasure in them that hope. He that believeth or hath receiv•• his Testimony, hath set to his Seal that God is true, John 3.32. But he that receiveth it not, hath made him a liar, and that is a very unworthy thing, 1 Joh. 5.10, 11. Let the Wicked forsake his way, and the Unrighteous Man his Thoughts: and let him return to the Lord, and he will have Mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly multiply pardons, Isa. 55.7. Perhaps thou art weary of thy ways, but art not weary of thy thoughts, of thy unbelieving and despairing thoughts: now God also would have thee cast away these thoughts, as such which he deserveth not at thy Hand, for he will have Mercy upon thee, and he will abundantly pardon.
O Fools and slow of Heart to believe all that the Prophets have spoken, Luke 24.25. Mark you here, slowness to believe is a piece of Folly. Ay! But sayest thou, I do believe some, and I believe what can make against me. Ay, but Sinner, Christ Jesus here calls thee Fool for not believing all. Believe all, and despair if thou Canst. He that believes all, believes that Text that saith, Christ would have Mercy preached first to the Jerusalem-sinners. He that believeth all, ⟨p. 103⟩•elieveth all the Promises and Consolations •f the Word; and the Promises and Consolations of the Word, weigh heavier than •o all the Curses and Threatenings of the •aw. And Mercy rejoiceth against Judgment. Wherefore believe all, and Mercy will (to thy Conscience) weigh Judgment own, and so minister Comfort to thy Soul. The Lord take the Yoke from off thy Jaws, since he has set Meat before thee