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Mercy magnified on a penitent prodigal, or, A brief discourse
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 ...
printed by Samuel Green for Samuel Philips, 1684
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SERMON. XX.
Ver. 20. But when he was yet a great way off, his Father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
WE come now to the third part of the Parable, expressing the entertainment the Prodigal found with his Father, which was with all kindness, and highest expressions of greatest love. The purpose of it is to set forth the riches of Gods Grace, and inexpressible bounty to repenting Sinners; and so expresseth the great benefit that come by believing, described, ver. 20, to 25. and here are two things to be noted: 1. The meeting and greeting between him and his Father, ver. 20, 21. 2. The Provision made for, and entertainment afforded to him, ver. 22, 23, 24. In their meeting and greeting there are two parts: 1. His Fathers carriage towards him, ver. 20. 2. His deportment towards his Father, ver. 21. In his Fathers carriage towards him we are to observe, 1. The time of it, when he was yet, &c. 2. The manner of it, in several circumstances.
WE come now to the third part of the Parable, expressing the entertainment the Prodigal found with his Father, which was with all kindness, and highest expressions of greatest love. The purpose of it is to set forth the riches of Gods Grace, and inexpressible bounty to repenting Sinners; and so expresseth the great benefit that come by believing, deseribed, ver. 20, to 25. and here are two things to be noted: 1. The meeting and greeting between him and his Father, ver. 20, 21. 2. The Provision made for, and entertainment afforded to him, ver. 22, 23, 24. In their meeting and greeting there are two parts: 1. His Fathers carriage towards him, ver. 20. 2. His deportment towards his Father, ver. 21. In his Fathers carriage towards him we are to observe, 1. The time of it, when he was yet, &c. 2. The manner of it, in several circumstances.