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 15 › DOCT. Where God gives true Repentance, such an one will confess his…: DOCT. Where God gives true Repentance, such an one will confess his sins with the great…

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3. Against the promises and threatenings of God; they slight the one, and contemn the other, are not in love with the promises, nor afraid of his wrath: There are great promises made to obedience, but they forsake these mercies, count them as worthless things: See Psal. 81. 9, to 13. God hath fearfully menaced, and denounced heavy judgments against sin and sinners, and bids them beware of sin because of them, Jer. 6. 8. Be instructed, lest my soul depart from thee. And because these are from God, who is able to honour his servants, and to make inexpressibly miserable his enemies, this is a sore aggravation.

3. Against the promises and threatnings of God; they slight the one, and contemn the other, are not in love with the promises, nor afraid of his wrath: There are great promises made to obedience, but they forsake these mercies, count them as worthless things: See Psal. 81. 9, to 13. God hath fearfully menaced, and denounced heavy judgments against sin and sinners, and bids them beware of sin because of them, Jer. 6. 8. Be instructed, lest my soul depart from thee. And because these are from God, who is able to honour his servants, and to make inexpressibly miserable his enemies, this is a sore aggravation.

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4. Against God's earnest and heart breaking calls and counsels; yea, strongest Motives and persuasions: What stronger plea can God use against sin, than to declare that it is abominable to him, & his soul hates it? yet it is ⟨p. 225⟩a grief to his spirit, and will oppress him? and yet thus God pleads with sinners,

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