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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
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.
Object. But some may say, What can we help it? can we turn our own hearts? it must be the Lord who must do that; and he 1might do it at the first as well at at the last, if he would.
- 1We cannot convert our selves.
Sol. And is this excuse to pass for currant? hath not God dealt 1with thee often? didst not thou more often harden thine own heart, willingly withdraw thy self, and all out of a love to sin? 2. Though thou couldst not convert thine own heart yet this thou mightest have done in the times of afflictions, &c. considered, what might move the Lord thus to deal with thee; all, or some of the causes which thy own conscience did freely suggest, and the ends which God pointed thee to, to reform them; And then to have gone to him by vehement prayer, to convert thy heart from thy sins, to teach it righteousness, to submit to his instructions: Thou mightst thus have gone to him who can convert, and have waited on him in the means of conversion; but thou didst nor desire after him, nor delightedst to seek him, &c.
- 1Answered.
2. But What may we do to prevent this shuffling, and assaying of means to support us in sinning, when the Lord deals with us, and 1calls upon us for the leaving of sin?
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