A92856:587
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.
7. The sinner is also lost in respect of his Title and Plea, and 1in respect of his Liberty and Freedom, so that now every sinner is a very slave and bondman. Obj. But how comes man to be 2a lost man? I answer, Man came to be a lost sinner, First, By Temptation: The Devil lost his own happiness, and by his cunning seducements, Man lost his happiness too. Four things he ⟨p. 237⟩3used for this: 1. He raised a suspicion and jealousy in our hearts of God; 2. Then a dislike of our present condition; 3. Then an affectation of an higher condition; 4. A false persuasion of Gods threatening. Secondly, By his own will. And there were (besides our original Liberty ad utrumlibet) four principal sins which 4brought us into our Lostness: 1. Pride, 2. Unbelief, 3. Presumption, 4. Discontentment.
7. The sinner is also lost in respect of his Title and Plea, and 1in respect of his Liberty and Freedome, so that now every sinner is a very slave and bondman. Obj. But how comes man to be 2a lost man? I answer, Man came to be a lost sinner, First, By Temptation: The Devil lost his own happiness, and by his cunning seducements, Man lost his happiness too. Four things he ⟨p. 237⟩3used for this: 1. He raised a suspition and jealousie in our hearts of God; 2. Then a dislike of our present condition; 3. Then an affectation of an higher condition; 4. A false perswasion of Gods threatning. Secondly, By his own will. And there were (besides our original Liberty ad utrumlibet) four principal sins which 4