The Jerusalem Sinner Saved; or Good News for the Vilest of Men by John Bunyan 1689

out that comes; and the sinner comes, wherefore he must be received:
consequently he that comes to Christ for life, has not, cannot have
sinned that sin for which there is no forgiveness.
And this might suffice for an answer to any coming soul, that fears,
though he comes, that he has sinned the sin against the Holy Ghost.
2. But again, he that has sinned the sin against the Holy Ghost cannot
come, has no heart to come, can by no means be made willing to come
to Jesus Christ for life; for that he has received such an opinion of him,
and of his things, as deters and holds him back.
1. He counteth this blessed person, the Son of God, a magician, a
conjuror, a witch, or one that did, when he was in the world, what he did
by the power and spirit of the devil; Matt. ix. 34; chap. xii. 24, 25, &c.;
Mark iii. 22–30. Now he that has this opinion of this Jesus, cannot be
willing to cast himself at his feet for life, or to come to him as the only
way to God and to salvation. And hence it is said again, that such an
one puts him to open shame, and treadeth him under foot, that is, by
contemning, reproaching, vilifying, and despising of him, as if he were
the vilest one, or the greatest cheat in the world: and has therefore, as to
his esteem of him, called him accursed, crucified him to himself, or
counted him one hanged, as one of the worst of malefactors; Heb. vi. 6;
chap. x. 29; 1 Cor. xii. 3.
2. His blood, which is the meritorious cause of man’s redemption, even
the blood of the everlasting covenant, he counteth an unholy thing, or
that which has no more virtue in it to save a soul from sin than has the
blood of a dog; Heb. x. 29. For when the Apostle says, “he counts it an
unholy thing,” he means, he makes it of less value than that of a sheep
or cow, which were clean according to the law; and therefore must
mean, that his blood was of no more worth to him in his account than
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