A92856:535
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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1. The Author of this Righteousness (which is the best Robe) 1is God, and therefore it is frequently called the Gift of righteousness, Rom. 5. 17. and the righteousness of God, Phil. 3. 9. Because it is a righteousness of his giving. God is the cause of it, By giving of Christ to be our righteousness, who is expressly said, of God to be made unto us wisdom and righteousness, 1 Cor. 1. 30. By giving unto us the means by which that righteousness is communicated, viz. Word and Sacraments: By blessing these means to work in us Faith to receive Jesus Christ, and so become partakers ⟨p. 209⟩of his righteousness; by imputing that righteousness of Christ unto us, upon our believing, and so accepting of us to eternal life.
1. The Author of this Righteousness (which is the best Robe) 1is God, and therefore it is frequently called the Gift of righteousness, Rom. 5. 17. and the righteousness of God, Phil. 3. 9. Because it is a righteousness of his giving. God is the cause of it, By giving of Christ to be our righteousness, who is expresly said, of God to be made unto us wisedome and righteousness, 1 Cor. 1. 30. By giving unto us the means by which that righteousness is communicated, viz. Word and Sacraments: By blessing these means to work in us Faith to receive Jesus Christ, and so become partakers ⟨p. 209⟩of his righteousness; by imputing that righteousness of Christ unto us, upon our believing, and so accepting of us to eternal life.