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

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.

2. A ring is put on his hand: Some understand it of Adoption: A ring with his fathers seal, acknowledging him to be of his family: others, to the same purpose, take it to be a token of his enfranchisement. Among the Romans, ⟨p. 337⟩none but free Citizens were to wear rings: others, for his ennoblement, among the Oriental nations, none but the Nobility had this privilege: others for the seal of the spirit: The Wedding Ring was given as a ratification of Marriage; so now the union between Christ and the soul is sealed and confirmed.

2. A ring is put on his hand: Some understand it of Adoption: A ring with his fathers seal, acknowledging him to be of his family: others, to the same purpose, take it to be a token of his enfranchisment. Among the Romans,