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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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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.
It is then, not the abundance of Sin committed, but the not coming heartily to God by Christ for Mercy, that shuts Men ⟨p. 109⟩out of Doors: And tho' their not coming heartily may be said to be but a Sin; yet 'tis such a Sin, as causeth that all the other Sins abide upon the unforgiven.
God complains of this, they have not cried unto me with their Heart; they turned, but not to the most High. They turned feignedly, Jer 3, 10. Hos. 7.14.16.
Thus doing, his Souls hates; but the penitent, humble, broken-hearted Sinner, be his Transgressions red as Scarlet, red like Crimson, in number as the sand, tho' his Transgressions cry to Heaven against him for Vengeance, and seem there to cry louder than do his Prayers, or Tears, or Groans, for Mercy; yet he is safe. To this Man God will look, Isa. 1.18 ch. 66.2.