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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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Christ, and Christ only, is he that can make us capable to enjoy God with Life and Joy, to all Eternity. Hence he calls himself the way to the Father, the true and •iving way, Joh. 14.6. Heb. 10.19, 20. For he cannot come to the Father but by him: Satan knows this, therefore he hates him: Deluded Persons are ignorant of •his, •nd therefore they are so led up and down •y Satan, by the Nose as they are.
There are many things by which Satan has taken Occasion to greaten his Rage against Jesus Christ.
As first, His Love to Man, and then •he many Expressions of that Love. He •ath taken Man's Nature upon him, he •a•h in that Nature fulfilled the Law to •ring in Righteousness for Man; and hath •ilt his Blood for the reconciling of Man •o God; he hath broke the Neck of Death, •ut away sin, destroyed the Work of the Devil, and got into his own Hands the ⟨p. 116⟩Key of Death? And all these are heinous things to Satan. He cannot abide Christ for this. Besides he hath eternal Life in himself, and that to bestow upon us, and we in all likelihood are to possess the very place from which Satan by Transgression fell, if not places more Glorious: Wherefore he must needs be angry. And is it not a vexatious thing to him, that we should be admitted to the Throne of Grace by Christ, while he stands bound over in Chains of Darkness, to answer for his Rebellions against God and his Son, at the terrible Day of Judgment? Yea, we poor Dust and Ashes must become his Judges, and Triumph over him forever; and all this long of Jesus Christ; for he is the Meritorious Cause of all this. Now tho' Satan seeks to be revenged for this, yet he knows it is in vain to attack the Person of Christ, he has overcome him; therefore he tampers with Company of silly Men, that we may Vilify him by them, And they, bold Fools as they are, will not spare to spit in his Face, they will rail at his Person; and deny the very being of it; they will rail at his Blood, and deny the Merit and worth of it. They will deny the very end, why he accomplished the Law, and by Jigs, and tricks, and quirks which he helped them to, set up son Names and Images in his place and give