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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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5. If the Lord hath graciously found thy lost soul, and indeed 1brought it home unto himself, Then thou wilt •ind sufficiency, an enough at least, in thy Fathers house. There is enough in God, to allure and draw a sinner home, to keep a sinner at home that he needs not wander abroad, mercy and pleasures for evermore: This the Prodigal discovered afar off, even in the birth of his finding; There is bread enough, and to spare. God seems a poor thing, a mean thing, an insufficient thing to a lost man; and therefore he wanders up and down, and serves his lusts, and begs from the Creatures to make him out some delight, some pleasure, some profit, some subsistence, some contentment: But God is a rich thing, a Fullness; He alone is enough; One God is enough for my one soul, if my soul indeed be found of him: O, he hath Mercy enough for me to save me, Love enough for me to delight me, Pleasure enough for me to comfort me, Dignity enough for me to advance me, Help enough for me to ⟨p. 248⟩preserve me; Happiness enough for me, to save me. If I want Grace, he is the God of Grace; if I want Peace, he is the God of Peace; if I want Mercies, he is the Father of Mercies; if I want for Earth, the Earth is the Lords; if I would have Heaven, he is the God of my Salvation. Now, friend, what say you? hath God found your lost soul? and what hath your soul found in your God? What canst thou say of this God, of his Mercy, Love, Entertainment, Communion? With thee the fatherless findeth mercy; Thy favour is better than life; It is good for me to draw near unto God; canst thou say thus? is there bread enough for thee in thy Fathers house? If so, why doest thou yet run away? run abroad to Sin for delight, to the Creature for satisfaction?
5. If the Lord hath graciously found thy lost soul, and indeed 1brought it home unto himself, Then thou wilt •ind sufficiency, an enough at least, in thy Fathers house. There is enough in God, to allure and draw a sinner home, to keep a sinner at home that he needs not wander abroad, mercy and pleasures for evermore: This the Prodigal discover'd afar off, even in the birth of his finding; There is bread enough, and to spare. God seems a poor thing, a mean thing, an insufficient thing to a lost man; and therefore he wanders up and down, and serves his lusts, and begs from the Creatures to make him out some delight, some pleasure, some profit, some subsistence, some contentment: But God is a rich thing, a Fulness; He alone is enough; One God is enough for my one soul, if my soul indeed be found of him: O, he hath Mercy enough for me to save me, Love enough for me to delight me, Pleasure enough for me to comfort me, Dignity enough for me to advance me, Help enough for me to