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Come & welcome to Jesus Christ, or, A plain and profitable discourse upon the sixth of John, 37 vers shewing the cause, truth and manner of the coming of a sinner to Jesus Christ, with his happy reception and blessed entertainment / written by J. Bunyan.
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Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.
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Eternal Hence it is called the peace of God and That passeth all understanding Fourthly The person speaking in the Text hath enough of all things truly Spiritually good to satisfie the desires of every longing Soul And Jesus stood and Cried saying If any man thirst let him come unto me and drink And to him that is athirst I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely Joh. 7. 37. Rev. 21. 6. Fifthly With the person speaking in the Text is power to perfect and defend and deliver those that come to him for safegard All power saith he in heaven and earth is given unto Me Mat. 28. 18. Thus might I multiply instances of this nature in abundance But Secondly they that in truth do come to him do therefore come to him that they may receive it at his hand They come for light they come for life they come for reconciliation with God they also come for peace they come that their Soul may be satisfied with Spiritual good and that they may be protected by him against all Spiritual and Eternal damnation and he alone is able to give them all this to the filling of their joy to the full as they also find when come to him This is evident First From the plain declaration of those that already are come to him Being Justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ by whom also we have access with boldness into this grace wherein we stand and rejoyce in hope of the glory of God Rom. 5. Secondly 'T is evident also in that while they keep their eyes upon him they never desire to change him for another or to add to themselves some other thing together with him to make up their Spiritual Joy God forbid said Paul that I should Glory save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Yea and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and do count them but dung that I may win Christ and be found in him not having mine own Righteousness which is of the Law but that which is thorough the faith of Christ the righteousness which is of God by faith Philipians 3. 7 8 9. Thirdly 'T is evident also by their earnest desires that others might be made partakers of their blessedness Brethren said Paul my hearts desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved that is that way that he expected to be saved himself as he saith also to the Galatians Brethren saith he I beseech you be as I am for I am as ye are That is I am a sinner as you are now I beseech you seek for life as I am seeking of it as who should say For there is a sufficiency in the Lord Jesus both for me and you Fourthly 'T is evident also by the Triumph that such men make over all their enemies both Bodily and Ghostly Now thanks be to God said Paul who causeth us always to triumph in Jesus Christ. And who shall separate us from the Love of Christ our Lord. And again O death where is thy sting O Grave where is thy victory The sting of death is Sin and the strength of sin is the Law but thanks be to God who giveth us the victory thorow our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Cor. 2. 14. Rom. 8. 35. 1 Cor. 15. 55 56. Fifthly 'T is evident also for that they are made by the Glory of that which they have found in him to suffer and endure what the Devil and Hell it self hath or could invent as a means to separate them from him Again Who shall separate us from the Love of Christ Shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or Sword as it is written for thy sake we are killed all the day long we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter Nay in all these things we are more than Conquerors through him that loved us For I am perswaded that neither death nor life nor Angels nor principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come nor height nor depth nor any other Creature shall be able to separate us from the Love of God which is in Christ Jesus Rom 8. Shall come to Me. O the heart attracting glory that is in Jesus Christ when he is discovered to draw those to him that are given to him of the Father Therefore those that come of old rendered this as the cause of their coming to him And we beheld his glory as of the only begotten of the Father Joh. 1. 14. And the reason why others come not but perish in their sins is for want of a sight of his glory If our Gospel be hid it is hid to them that are lost in whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them that believe not lest the Glorious Light of the Gospel of Christ who is the image of God should shine unto them 2 Cor. 4. 3. 4. There is therefore heart-pulling glory in Jesus Christ which when discovered draws the man to him wherefore by shall-come to Me Christ may mean when his glory is discovered then they must come then they shall-come to Me. Therefore as the True Comers come with Weeping and Relenting as being sensible of their own Vileness so again it is said That the Ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with Singing and Everlasting Joy upon their Heads they shall obtain Joy and Gladness and Sorrow and Sighing shall flye away That is at the Sight of the Glory of that Grace that shews it self to them now in the Face of our Lord Jesus Christ and in the Hopes that they now have of being with Him in the Heavenly Tabernacles Therefore it saith again With Gladness and Rejoycing shall they be brought they shall enter into the King's Palace Isa. 35. 10. Chap. 51. 11. Psal. 45. 15. There is therefore Heart-attracting Glory in the Lord Jesus Christ which when discovered subjects the Heart to the Word and Makes us Come to him 'T is said of Abraham That when he dwelt in Mesopotamia the God of Glory appeared unto him Act. 7. 2. saying Get thee out of thy Country And what then why away he went from his House and Friends and all the World could not stay him Now as the Psalmist sayes Who is the King of Glory He answers The Lord mighty in Battle And who was that but He that spoiled Principalities and Powers when he did Hang upon the Tree Tryumphing over them thereon And who was that but Jesus Christ even the Person speaking in the Text Therefore he said of Abraham He saw his Day Yea saith he to the Jews Your Father Abraham rejoiced to see my Day and he saw it and was Glad Psal. 24. 8. Col. 2. 14 15. Jam. 1. 1. Joh. 8. 56. Indeed the Carnal Man sayes at least in his Heart There is no Form or Comliness in
37 38 39. 6. Paul came not until he saw himself lost and undone Acts 9. 3 4 5 6 7 8. 11. 7. Lastly Before the Jayler came he saw himself undone Acts 16. 29 30 31. And I tell thee It is an easier thing to perswade a Well-Man to go to the Physitian for Cure or a Man without Hurt to seek out for a Playster to Cure him than it is to perswade a Man that sees not his Soul-Disease to come to Jesus Christ. The Whole have No need of the Physitian Then Why should they go to him The full Pitcher can hold no more then Why should it go to the Fountain And if thou comest full thou comest not aright and be sure Christ will send thee Empty away But he healeth the Broken in Heart and bindeth up their Wounds Mar. 2. 17. Psal. 147. 3. Luk. 1. 53. Thirdly Art thou Coming to Jesus Christ Prethee tell me What seest thou in him to allure thee to forsake all the VVorld to come to him I say VVhat hast thou seen in him Men must see something in Jesus Christ else they will not come to him 1. VVhat Comlyness hast thou seen in his Person Thou comest not if thou seest no Form nor Comlyness in him Isa. 53. 1 2 3. 2. Until those mentioned in the Song were convinced that there was more Beauty Comlyness and Desirableness in Christ than in Ten-Thousand they did not so much as ask VVhere he was nor incline to turn aside after him Song 5. Chap. 6. There be many Things on this side Heaven that Can and Do carry away the Heart and so will do so long as thou Livest if thou shalt be kept blind and not be admitted to see the beauty of the Lord Jesus Fourthly Art thou come to the Lord Jesus what hast thou found in him since thou camest to him Peter found with him the words of eternal life Joh. 6. 68. They that Peter makes mention of found him a Living stone even such a living stone as Communicated life to them 1 Pet. 2. He saith himself they that come to him c. Shall find rest unto their Souls hast thou found rest in him for thy Soul Mat. 11. Let us go back to the times of the Old Testament First Abraham found that in him that made him Leave his Countrey for him and become for his sake a Pilgrim and stranger in the earth Gen. 12. Heb. 11. Secondly Moses found that in him that made him forsake a Crown and a Kingdome for him too Thirdly David found so much in him that he counted to be in his house one day was better than a Thousand yea to be a door keeper there-in was better in his esteem than to dwell in the Tents of wickedness Psal. 84. 10. Fourthly What did Daniel and the three Children find in him to make them run the hazzard of the Fiery Furnance and the Den of Lyons for his sake Dan. 3. chap. 6. Let 's come down to Martyrs First Stephen found that in him that made him Joyfully and quietly yeild up his life for his name Acts 7. Secondly Ignatius found that in him that made him Chuse to go through the Torments of the Devil and Hell it self rather than not to have him Acts and Mon. vol. 1. pag. 25. Thirdly What saw Romanus in Christ when he said to the rageing Emperor who threatned him with fearful Torments Thy Sentence O Emperor I Joyfully imbrace and refuse not to be Sacrificed by as Cruel Torments as thou canst invent pag. 116. Fourthly What saw Menas the Egyptian in Christ when he said under most Cruel Torments Ther eis nothing in my mind that can be compared to the Kingdome of Heaven neither is all the World if it was weighed in the ballance to be conferred with the price of one Soul who is able to separate us from the Love of Jesus Christ our Lord and I have Learned of my Lord and King not to fear them that kill the body c. pag. 117. Fifthly What did Eulalia see in Christ when she said as they was pulling her one Joynt from another Behold O Lord I will not forget thee what a pleasure is it for them O Christ that remember thy Tryumphant Victories pag. 121. Sixthly What think you did Agnes see in Christ when rejoyceingly she went to meet the Souldier that was appointed to be her Executioner I will willingly said she receive into my Paps the length of his Sword and into my Breasts will draw the force thereof even to the hilts that thus I being married to Christ my Spouse may surmount and escape all the darkness of this World pag. 122. Seventhly What do you think did Julitta see in Christ when at the Emperors telling of her that except she would worship the Gods she should neither have Protection Laws Judgements nor life She replied Fare-well life Welcome Death Fare-well Riches Wel-come poverty All that I have if it were a Thousand times more would I rather lose than to speak one wicked and blasphemous word against my Creator pag. 123. Eightly What did Marcus Arethusius see in Christ when after his enemies had cut his flesh anointed it with honey and hanged him up in a basket for flies and bees to feed on he would not give to up-hold Idolatry one half penny to save his life pag. 129. Ninethly What did Constantine see in Christ when he used to kiss the wounds of them that suffered for him pag. 135. Tenthly But what need I give thus particular instances of words and smaller actions when by their lives their blood their induring hunger sword fire pulling a sunder and all Torments that the Devil and Hell could devise for the love they bare to Christ after they were come to him What hast thou found in him sinner What! come to Christ and find nothing in him when all things that are worth looking after are in him or if any thing yet not enough to wean thee from thy sinfull delights and fleshly lusts Away away thou art not come to Jesus Christ. He that is come to Jesus Christ hath found in him that as I said that is not to be found any where else As First He that is come to Christ hath found God in him reconciling the world unto himself not imputing their trespasses to them And so God is not to be found in Heaven and earth besides 2 Cor. 5. 19 20. Secondly He that is come to Jesus Christ hath found in him a fountain of grace sufficient not only to pardon sin but to Sanctifie the Soul and to preserve it from falling in this evil World Thirdly He that is come to Jesus Christ hath found vertue in him That vertue that if he does but touch thee with his Word or thou him by Faith Life is forthwith conveyed into thy Soul It makes thee wake as one that is waked out of his sleep it awakes all the powers of thy Soul Psal. 30. 11 12. Song 6. 12. Fourthly Art thou come to Jesus Christ