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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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4. If thy lost soul be truly found, then Jesus Christ may be 1found in that lost soul of thine. They report of Ignatius, that the Letters of Jesus were found written in his heart: This I dare affirm, That the Picture of Christ, the Graces of Christ, the Life of Christ, is to be found in every found man. Paul, Lydia, the Jailer, Christ was sought by them, and found in them. It cannot be, that a sinner should be found, if Christ be not to be found in him. Why! if thou be a Christless man, who doubts ⟨p. 247⟩it, but that thou art a lost man? Now do not deceive thy soul; thou canst say, that Christ once was to be found in the Temple, and▪ Christ once was to be found on the Cross, and Christ is still to be found at the right hand of his Father; but is there not one place more where thou canst find him? hast thou not a heart? Is Christ to be found there, I say, there, in thy heart? I find him in thy Ear when thou hearest, and I find him in thy mouth when thou speakest, and thou findest him in thy mind when thou thinkest; but still I ask, Dost thou find him in thy heart? which loves, which fears, which joys, which delights, which embraceth? O, is Christ in thy heart! what? a found man, and nothing of Christ to be found in thee! I know not, perhaps wilt thou reply. Why this is strange, that Christ should be in thee, and thou never know it! Christ dwells in the broken heart, in the believing heart; Christ lives in him, who only lives upon Christ. Christ was a crucified Christ, doth he crucify thy heart? He was a holy Christ, doth he purify thy heart? He was an humble Christ, doth he abase thy heart? He was a tender Christ, doth he mollify thy heart? He was a satisfying Christ, doth he pacify thy heart? He was an obedient Christ, doth he command, doth he lead, doth he rule thy heart? He did for thee, canst thou do for him? He died for thee, canst thou suffer for him? He loved thee, canst thou delight in him?
4. If thy lost soul be truly found, then Jesus Christ may be 1found in that lost soul of thine. They report of Ignatius, that the Letters of Jesus were found written in his heart: This I dare affirm, That the Picture of Christ, the Graces of Christ, the Life of Christ, is to be found in every found man. Paul, Lydia, the Jailor, Christ was sought by them, and found in them. It cannot be, that a sinner should be found, if Christ be not to be found in him. Why! if thou be a Christless man, who doubts