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The parable of the prodigal. Containing, The riotous prodigal, or The sinners aversion from…
The parable of the prodigal. Containing, The riotous prodigal, or The sinners aversion from God. Returning prodigal, or The penitents conversion to God. Prodigals acceptation, or Favourable entertainment with God. Delivered in divers sermons on Luke 15. from vers. 11. to vers. 24. By that faithful servant of Jesus Christ Obadiah Sedgwick, B.D. Perfected by himself, and perused by those whom he entrusted with the publishing of his works.The parable of the prodigal. Containing, The riotous prodigal, or The sinners aversion from God. Returning prodigal, or The penitents conversion to God. Prodigals acceptation, or Favourable entertainment with God. Delivered in divers sermons on Luke 15. from vers. 11. to vers. 24. By that faithfull servant of Jesus Christ Obadiah Sedgwick, B.D. Perfected by himself, and perused by those whom he intrusted with the publishing of his works.
London: printed by D. Maxwel for Sa. Gellibrand, 1660
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And sometimes Unbelief may be a special cause, why a sinner doth thus shift and 1try. The guilt of his sins under his afflictions may lie heavy upon his conscience, and he may be so wholly taken up with the apprehension of wrath and judgment and an implacability in God towards him, that God will never show him mercy, who hath been so much and so long provoked, that it is in vain to return, now there is no hope. 7. The Vanity of a corrupt Judgment, which deludes 2the sinner, as if he could be sinful and safe; or that he could subsist well enough without returning to God.
And sometimes Unbelief may be a special cause, why a sinner doth thus shift and 1try. The guilt of his sins under his afflictions may lie heavy upon his conscience, and he may be so wholly taken up with the apprehension of wrath and judgment and an implacability in God towards him, that God will never shew him mercy, who hath been so much and so long provoked, that it is in vain to return, now there is no hope. 7. The Vanity of a corrupt Judgment, which deludes 2the sinner, as if he could be sinful and safe; or that he could subsist well enough without returning to God.
- 1From unbelief.From unbeliefe.
- 2From the Vanity of a Corrupt Judgment.
Now I proceed to the Application of this point; the Uses are many, 1. For Conviction of Error in Judgment.1