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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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3. A spiritual appetite is a sign of spiritual life; You know 1that life seeks its own preservation; the living man must have food, and will have food: As soon as ever a child is born, if it be living, nature prompts it to crave the breasts; and verily, so it is with every new born Christian; As new born babes desire the sincere milk of the word, 1 Pet. 2. 2. As soon as the Prodigal began to be spiritually alive, he presently thought of food; O, (saith he) there is bread enough in my Fathers house, and to spare: As there is bread for life, so there is bread of life; and as there are waters for life, so there are waters of life; there is spiritual bread, and spiritual water: Corpus Christi est pabulum fidei, The Lord Jesus and his Ordinances are the spiritual food of the soul; and when a man receives a spiritual life, he cannot live without them, but depends on them as for the nutrition and preservation of his life.
3. A spiritual appetite is a sign of spiritual life; You know 1that life seeks its own preservation; the living man must have food, and will have food: As soon as ever a child is born, if it be living, nature prompts it to crave the brests; and verily, so it is with every new born Christian; As new born babes desire the sincere milk of the word, 1 Pet. 2. 2. As soon as the Prodigal began to be spiritually alive, he presently thought of food; O, (saith he) there is bread enough in my Fathers house, and to spare: As there is bread for life, so there is bread of life; and as there are waters for life, so there are waters of life; there is spiritual bread, and spiritual water: Corpus Christi est pabulum fidei, The Lord Jesus and his Ordinances are the spiritual food of the soul; and when a man receives a spiritual life, he cannot live without them, but depends on them as for the nutrition and preservation of his life.
- 1There is a spiritual appetite.