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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. A delight in dead things, and in dead works, plainly declare 1a dead condition. Paul, in Ephes. 2. 1. tells the Ephesians, that they were once dead; but how did that appear? See vers. 2. In time past ye walked according to the course of this world. And vers. 3. Ye had your conversation in the lusts of the flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind. 1. In dead things: Dead men are heavy, and descend to the earth; worldly things are the Optima and the Ultima of an unconverted heart. Who ⟨p. 263⟩will show us any good? Psal. 4. If that of Paul (Col. 3. 1, 2. If ye be risen with Christ, then seek those things that are above, and set your affections on things that are above,) be a true sign of a living raised man, then è contra, to seek, to settle affections on things below, is a true sign of a dead man. 2. In dead works: These opera mortua & mortifera. And truly, nothing doth more discover a spiritual death, than a delight, and a service of sin; certainly, such a man is yet an unconverted man.
4. A delight in dead things, and in dead works, plainly declare 1a dead condition. Paul, in Ephes. 2. 1. tels the Ephesians, that they were once dead; but how did that appear? See vers. 2. In time past ye walked according to the course of this world. And vers. 3. Ye had your conversation in the lusts of the flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind. 1. In dead things: Dead men are heavy, and descend to the earth; worldly things are the Optima and the Ʋltima of an unconverted heart. Who ⟨p. 263⟩will shew us any good? Psal. 4. If that of Paul (