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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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And this shows us the desperate hazards which those Men run, who when Invitation or Conviction attends them, put off turning to God to be saved till another, and a• they think a more fit Season and time; for many by so doing defer this to Day, till the Day of God's Patience and long suffering is ended: and then, for their Prayers and Cries after Mercy, they receive nothing but Mocks, and are laughed at by the God of Heaven, Prov. 1.20 to 29. Isa. 1.65.12 to 17. Chap. 66.4. Zech. 7.11, 12.13.
And this shews us the desperate hazards which those Men run, who when Invitation or Conviction attends them, put off turning to God to be saved till another, and a• they think a more fit Season and time; for many by so doing defer this to Day, till the Day of God's Patience and long suffering is ended: and then, for their Prayers and Crys after Mercy, they receive nothing but Mocks, and are laughed at by the God of Heaven, Prov. 1.20 to 29. Isa. 1.65.12 to 17. Chap. 66.4. Zech. 7.11, 12.13.
Secondly, Another thing to be considered is this, namely, that the Day of God's Grace with some Men begins sooner, and also sooner ends, than it doth with others. Those at the first Hour of the Day, had ⟨p. 134⟩their Call sooner than they who were called upon to turn to God, at the Sixth Hour of the Day; yea, and they who were hired at the Third Hour, had their Call sooner than they who were called at the Eleventh, Matth. 20.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.