THE JERUSALEM SINNER SAVED;
or,
GOOD NEWS FOR THE VILEST OF MEN

by John Bunyan





BEGINNING AT JERUSALEM.--Luke xxiv. 47.

The whole verse runs thus: "And that repentance and remission of
sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at
Jerusalem."

The words were spoken by Christ, after he rose from the dead, and
they are here rehearsed after an historical manner, but do contain in
them a formal commission, with a special clause therein. The
commission is, as you see, for the preaching of the gospel, and is
very distinctly inserted in the holy record by Matthew and Mark. "Go
teach all nations," &c. "Go ye into all the world, and preach the
gospel unto every creature." Matt. xxviii. 19; Mark xvi. 15. Only
this cause is in special mentioned by Luke, who saith, That as Christ
would have the doctrine of repentance and remission of sins preached
in his name among all nations, so he would have the people of
Jerusalem to have the first proffer thereof. Preach it, saith
Christ, in all nations, but begin at Jerusalem.

The apostles then, though they had a commission so large as to give