Mercy magnified on a penitent prodigal, or, A brief discourse

Name: Mercy magnified on a penitent prodigal, or, A brief discourse
Author: Samuel Willard

Mercy magnified on a penitent prodigal, or, A brief discourse wherein Christs parable of the lost son found is opened and applied as it was delivered in sundry sermons / by Samuel Willard ...

Samuel Willard 1640–1707printed by Samuel Green for Samuel Philips, 1684

[6], 391, [1] p. · 92k words · Wing W2285 · ESTC R40698

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Mercy Magnified ON A PENITENT Prodigal. › Sermon 14 › DOCT. I. If ever the perishing sinner hopes to be saved, he must ri…: DOCT. I. If ever the perishing sinner hopes to be saved, he must rise again, and go to…

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DOCT. I. If ever the perishing sinner hopes to be saved, he must rise again, and go to God.

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As he formerly went away from him, so now he must return to him: Hence God in the proclamation of his Grace thus invites, Jer. 3. 12, 13 . & 4. 1. Hos. 14. 1. In the Explication we may consider. 1. The import of this rising and going to his father. 2. The reasons of the Doctrine.

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1. The import of this rising and going: we heard in general, that it denotes the act of Repentance, not as separated from, but as the first fruit of saving Faith, and therefore both implying and including of it: Faith and Repentance are propounded in the Gospel as conjunct,

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DOCT. I. If ever the perishing sinner hopes to be saved, he must rise again, and go to God.