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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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Sol. Reasons for it are many. 1. That God who commands 1us to repent, commands us presently to repent. The Time is under Precept, as well as the Work. Some Precepts bind us semper, but not ad semper; other Precepts bind us semper & ad semper too: When the Lord commands any man to repent, this is a Duty which concerns the whole course of his life; it takes hold of him as soon as ever he lives, and is become a sinner; and concerns him, not only in his latter days, but all his days.
Sol. Reasons for it are many. 1. That God who commands 1us to repent, commands us presently to repent. The Time is under Precept, as well as the Work. Some Precepts bind us semper, but not ad semper; other Precepts bind us semper & ad semper too: When the Lord commands any man to repent, this is a Duty which concerns the whole course of his life; it takes hold of him as soon as ever he lives, and is become a sinner; and concerns him, not onely in his latter days, but all his days.
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2. It is very dangerous to defer our penitential Executions or actings: Whether we consider, 1. The Resolutions themselves; 1they are but accidental, and not natural things; not such qualities (or rather motions) which arise from an in-bred principle, but are forensical to our natures, and being not presently cherished by acting, like little sparks of fire, may easily vanish, languish, and extinguish. We read of the Israelites, that they were an unsteadfast ⟨p. 143⟩