A66106:845
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
5. And that I chiefly aim at, It is a day of great joy to the Convert himself. I do not say that he is always immediately under the clear apprehension of it, though often great measures of comfort are for the present given him; but now the foundation of all his joy is laid: God now applies his great love to him; for,
5. And that I chiefly aim at, It is a day of great joy to the Convert himself. I do not say that he is alwayes immediatly under the clear apprehension of it, though often great measures of comfort are for the present given him; but now the foundation of all his joy is laid: God now applys his great love to him; for,
1. The best robe is put upon him. [Gr. the first robe.] There is no other like it, and that is the robe of Christ's Righteousness, whereby his rages are removed, and the shame of his nakedness covered: The poor Prodigal had worn himself out, was all in tatters; he is not only clothed, but royally apparelled, Psal. 45. 13, 14. The word [[Greek or Hebrew]] signifies a long garment that comes to the ankles covering the whole body: This hides all his spiritual deformity, covers all his imperfections.
1. The best robe is put upon him. [Gr. the first robe.] There is no other like it, and that is the robe of Christ's Righteousness, whereby his rages are removed, and the shame of his nakedness covered: The poor Prodigal had worn himself out, was all in tatters; he is not only clothed, but royally apparelled, Psal. 45. 13, 14. The word [〈non-Latin alphabet〉] signifies a long garment that comes to the ankles covering the whole body: This hides all his spiritual deformity, covers all his imperfections.