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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. As God hath appointed his unto Salvation, so hath he appointed a way in which he will bring them thereunto; and this way becomes by his ordination, a necessary medium to the attainment of it: Faith and Holiness are the way to glory: the Psalmist speaks of a Path of life. Psal. 16. ult. out of this way none ever come to Heaven.
3. Hence mans Salvation is wrought applicatorily, by bringing him into and keeping him in this way: Eternal life is ascertained to it, Gal. 6. 16. they that find it, and follow it, and lose it not, never miss of Glory: the promise is so firm that it cannot fail, all the difficulty ⟨p. 289⟩lies in the performance of what is in order to the receiving it.
4. That the discovering of this way, and appointing Salvation in it is of Grace, is evident, for God and man were fallen out, and God might choose whether ever he would accept him any more: nor is there any proportion between what is required, and the consequent Salvation: besides, Christ, by whom alone we have access to it, was freely given to open this way.
4. That the discovering of this way, and appointing Salvation in it is of Grace, is evident, for God and man were fallen out, and God might chuse whether ever he would accept him any more: nor is there any proportion between what is required, and the consequent Salvation: besides, Christ, by whom alone we have access to it, was freely given to open this way.