N03023:374
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.
And 'tis observable, That before this Clause was put into this Commission; Peter was pardoned his horrible Revolt from his Master. He that Revolteth in the Day of Trial, if he is not shot quite dead upon the place, but is sensible of his wound, and calls out for a Chirurgeon, shall find his Lord at Hand to pour Wine and Oil into his Wounds, that he may again be healed: And to encourage him to think that there may be. Mercy for him, besides what we find recorded of Peter, you read in the Acts, some was through' the Violence of their Trials, compelled to Blaspheme, and yet are called Saints, Acts 26.9, 10, 11.
And 'tis observable, That before this Clause was put into this Commission; Peter was pardoned his horrible Revolt from his Master. He that Revolteth in the Day of Trial, if he is not shot quite dead upon the place, but is sensible of his wound, and calls out for a Chyrurgeon, shall find his Lord at Hand to pour Wine and Oyl into his Wounds, that he may again be healed: And to incourage him to think that there may be. Mercy for him, besides what we find recorded of Peter, you read in the Acts, some was thro' the Violence of their Trials, compelled to Blaspheme, and yet are called Saints, Acts 26.9, 10, 11.
Hence you have a Promise or two that speaks concerning such a kind of Men, to ⟨p. 124⟩encourage us to think that at least some of them shall come back to the Lord their God. Shall they fall, saith he, and not arise? Shall they turn away and not return? Jer. 8.4. And in that day I will assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that was driven out, and her that I have afflicted. And I will make her that halteth a Remnant, and her that was cast off, a strong Nation; and the Lord shall Reign over them in Mount Zion for ever. What are we to understand by her that halteth, is best expressed by the Prophet Elijah,