A92856:551
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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3. By inclining the will to consent and embrace the Lord Jesus: For true Faith is not a mere notion, but an operating grace; it 1is as light in the mind, and as heat in the will; there it is a singular representation, and here it is an effectual inclination. It is granted, that to embrace, or to be willing, or to consent, are the acts of the will; but to embrace Christ with a conjugal consent, to be willing to bestow our selves on him, this comes from faith enabling the Will so to will. Not by way of coaction, for the Will cannot be compelled; nor doth Faith work in a violent way, though it works in an effectual way, enabling the Will to a free election of Christ before all others, (i.) predominant causes in Christ, to accept of him, and to resign up to him, rather than to sin, or world, or any thing else; and when the Will is wrought upon, so as to accept of Christ in his Person, and Offices, and Estates, the soul is now matched or married to Christ by Faith. It bestows it self, and gives Christ all the right, and cleaves unto him in an indissoluble bond of affection and service.
3. By inclining the will to consent and embrace the Lord Jesus: For true Faith is not a meer notion, but an operating grace; it 1is as light in the mind, and as heat in the will; there it is a singular representation, and here it is an effectual inclination. It is granted, that to embrace, or to be willing, or to consent, are the acts of the will; but to embrace Christ with a conjugal consent, to be willing to bestow our selves on him, this comes from faith enabling the Will so to will. Not by way of coaction, for the Will cannot be compelled; nor doth Faith work in a violent way, though it works in an effectual way, enabling the Will to a free election of Christ before all others, (i.) predominant causes in Christ, to accept of him, and to resign up to him, rather than to sin, or world, or any thing else; and when the Will is wrought upon, so as to accept of Christ in his Person, and Offices, and Estates, the soul is now matched or married to Christ by Faith. It bestows it self, and gives Christ all the right, and cleaves unto him in an indissoluble bond of affection and service.
- 1By inclining the will to embrace him.