N03023:353
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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All this Satan knows, and therefore his Rage is kindled the more. Wherefore according to his Ability and Allowance, he assaulteth, tempteth, abuseth, and stirs up what he can to be hurtful to these poor People; that he may, while his time shall last, make it as hard and difficult for them to go to eternal Glory as he can. Oftentimes he Abuses them with wrong Apprehensions of God, and with wrong Apprehensions of Christ; he also casts them into the mire, to the reproach of Religion, the shame of their Brethren, the Derision of the World, and Dishonour of God. He holds our Hands while the World buffets as, he puts Bear skins upon us, and then sets the Dogs at us. He bedawbeth us with his own Foam, and then tempts us to •elieve that that bedaubing comes from our selves.
All this Satan knows, and therefore his Rage is kindled the more. Wherefore according to his Ability and Allowance, he assaulteth, tempteth, abuseth, and stirs up what he can to be hurtful to these poor People; that he may, while his time shall last, make it as hard and difficult for them to go to eternal Glory as he can. O•tentimes he Abuses them with wrong Apprehensions of God, and with wrong Apprehensions of Christ; he also casts them into the mire, to the reproach of Religion, the shame of their Brethren, the Derision of the World, and Dishonour of God. He holds our Hands while the World buffets as, he puts Bear skins upon us, and then sets the Dogs at us. He bedawbeth us with his own Foam, and then tempts us to •elieve that that bedawbing comes from our selves.
Oh! the rage and the roaring of this Lion! And the hatred that he manifests against the Lord Jesus, and against them that are purchased with his Blood! But yet in the midst of all this, the Lord Jesus sends forth his Herald to proclaim in the Nations, his Love to the World; and to invite them to come to him for Life, Yes his Invitation is so large, that he offereth his Mercy in the first place to the biggest sinners of every Age, which Augments the Devils Rage the more.