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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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1. The first contrariety or alteration, respects the time past: 1Before the sinner was converted, there were four unhappy qualities possessing of him, as touching his sinfulness. 1. A marvellous blindness, and reflexive unsensibleness of his sinful condition, dead in trespasses and sins, Eph. 2. Past feeling, Eph. 4. 19. 2. A wonderful erroneousness and false judgment of his estate; thinking highly and proudly of himself, as once Laodicea did, and ⟨p. 318⟩the Jews and Pharisees did; We are Abraham's seed, and never in bondage, Joh. 8. 33. 3. A miserable security of spirit, extremely careless and negligent about the internal and eternal concernments of his soul; alive once without the Law, Rom. 7. 9. Soul, take thine ease, &c. They say, peace and safety, 1 Thes. 5. 3. 4. A remorseless pursuing of his sinful lusts, without any heart-smiting troubles for his sinning and provoking of God. No man repented, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, Jer. 8. 6. 5. Alienation from the life of God, Eph. 4. 18. Thus it was with the man, before God converted him, and changed him; but now behold the alteration and contrariety. 1. There is a graciously quick and active quickening light fallen into him, which opens his eyes, and affects his conscience to a clear and right sight of his sinful heart and life. Rom. 7. 9. But when the Commandment came, sin revived, &c. As if the light of the Sun brake into a darkroom, and represented all the nastiness in it. Acts 26. 18