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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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Sixthly, Since Jesus Christ would have Mercy offered in the first place to the biggest Sinners, Let Souls see that they lay •ight hold thereof; least they notwithstanding, indeed come short thereof: Faith on•y knows how to deal with Mercy, whereof put not in the place thereof Presumption. • have observed, that as there are Herbs •nd Flowers in our Gardens, so there are •heir Counterfeits in the Field; only they •re distinguished from the other by the name of wild ones. Why there is Faith and wild faith; and wild Faith is this Presumption: • call it wild Faith, because God never pla•ed in it his Garden▪ his Church, 'tis only •o be found in the field, the World. I also all it wild Faith, because it only grows •p, and is nourished where other wild Notions abound. Wherefore take heed of this, ⟨p. 104⟩and all may be well: For this Presumptuousness is a very heinous thing in the Eyes of God: The Soul saith he, that shall do ought presumptuously (whether born in the Land, or a Stranger) the same reproacheth the Lord. And that Soul shall be cut off from among his People, Numb. 15.20.
Sixthly, Since Jesus Christ would have Mercy offered in the first place to the biggest Sinners, Let Souls see that they lay •ight hold thereof; least they notwithstand•ng, indeed come short thereof: Faith on•y knows how to deal with Mercy, where•f put not in the place thereof Presumption. • have observed, that as there are Herbs nd Flowers in our Gardens, so there are heir Counterfeits in the Field; only they re distinguished from the other by the name of wild ones. Why there is Faith and wild faith; and wild Faith is this Presumption: call it wild Faith, because God never plaed in it his Garden his Church, 'tis only o be found in the field, the World. I also all it wild Faith, because it only grows p, and is nourished where other wild Noons abound. Wherefore take heed of this,