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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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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.
6. Hast thou any enticing Touches of the Word of God upon thy Mind? Doth as it were some holy Word of God give a Glance upon thee, cast a Smile upon thee, let fall, tho' it be but one Drop of its Favour upon thy Spirit; yea, tho' it stays but one Moment with thee? O! then the Day of Grace is not past! The Gate of Heaven is not shut! nor God's Heart and Bowels withdrawn from thee as yet. Take heed therefore, and beware that thou make much of the heavenly Gift, and of that good Word of God, of which he has made thee taste. Beware, I •ay, and take heed, there may be a falling •way for all this; but I say as yet, God has •ot lost thee, as yet he has not cast thee off, • Heb. •, 1 to 8.
6. Hast thou any inticing Touches of the Word of God upon thy Mind? Doth as it were some holy Word of God give a Glance upon thee, cast a Smile upon thee, let fall, tho' it be but one Drop of its Favour upon thy Spirit; yea, tho' it stays but one Moment with thee? O! then the Day of Grace is not past! The Gate of Heaven is not shut! nor God's Heart and Bowels withdrawn from thee as yet. Take heed therefore, and beware that thou make much of the heavenly Gift, and of that good Word of God, of which he has made thee taste. Beware, I •ay, and take heed, there may be a falling •way for all this; but I say as yet, God has •ot lost thee, as yet he has not cast thee off, • Heb. •, 1 to 8.
Secondly, With respect to thy Desires what are they? Wouldst thou be saved? Would'st thou be saved with a thorough' Salvation? Would'st thou be saved from Guilt and Filth too? Would'st thou be the Servant of thy Saviour? Art thou indeed weary of the Service of thy old Master the the Devil, Sin and the World? And has these Desires put thy Soul to the Flight? Hast thou through' Desires betaken thy self to thy Heels? Dost fly to him that is as a Saviour from the Wrath to come, for Life? If these be thy Desires, and if they be unfeigned, fear not: Thou art one of those Run-aways which God hath commanded our Lord to receive, and not to send thee back to the Devil thy Master again, but to give thee a Place in his House, even the Place in his House, which liketh the best. Thou shalt not deliver to his Master, says he, the Servant which escaped from his Master unto thee. He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that Place which he shall choose, in one of thy Gates where it liketh him best, thou shalt not oppress him,