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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
GOOD NEWS For the Vilest of Men: OR A Help for Despairing SOULS.
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.
Secondly, I come now to show you what it was to preach the Gospel to them. It was, saith Luke, to preach to them Repentance and Remission of Sins in Christ's Name. Or as Mark has it, to bid them repent and believe the Gospel. Mark 1.15. Not that Repentance is a Cause of Remission, but a Sign of our hearty Reception thereof. Repentance is therefore here put to intimate, that no pretended Faith of the Gospel is good, that is not accompanied wi•h […] And this he doth or purpose, becau•• […] •ould not have them deceive th• […] For with what Faith can he expo […] •mon of Sins in the name of Chri•• •hat is not heartily sorry for them? O• ••w shall a Man be able to give to others a s••••factory Account of his unfeigned Subjection to the Gospel that yet abides in his Impenitency?
Secondly, I come now to show you what it was to preach the Gospel to them. It was, saith Luke, to preach to them Repentance and Remission of Sins in Christ's Name. Or as Mark has it, to bid them repent and believe the Gospel. Mark 1.15. Not that Repentance is a Cause of Remission, but a Sign of our hearty Reception thereof. Repentance is therefore here put to intimate, that no pretended Faith of the Gospel is good, that is not accompanied wi•h 〈…〉 And this he doth or purpose, becau•• 〈…〉 •ould not have them deceive th• 〈…〉 For with what Faith can he exp• 〈…〉 mon of Sins in the name of Chri hat is not heartily sory for them? O w shall a Man be able to give to othes a sfactory Account of his unfeigned Subjection to the Gospel that yet abides in his Impenitency?