A92856:780
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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But in the midst of all distresses to look up to Heaven, to think of God, and the future Beatifical Vision, and upon infallible grounds, to say, that God is my Father, that Heaven is my inheritance, that place of Glory is my home, there shall I be shortly, there shall I be to eternity, I have the earnest of it, the pawn of it in my heart, the first fruits, &c.
2. Secondly, As to Christ: The converted condition cannot 1but be joyful, because the converted person hath. 1. A near relation to Christ; Bone of his Bone. 2. A singular propriety in Christ; my beloved is mine, &c. 3. An admirable revenue by Christ; wonderful riches, of and by Christ all are yours, for ye are Christs. 4. He is bought by Christ, and reconciled by Christ, and loved by Christ, and discharged by Christ, and ⟨p. 343⟩owned by Christ, and defended by Christ, and kept by Christ, and shall one day be saved by Christ.
2. Secondly, As to Christ: The converted condition cannot 1but be joyful, because the converted person hath. 1. A neer relation to Christ; Bone of his Bone. 2. A singular propriety in Christ; my beloved is mine, &c. 3. An admirable revenue by Christ; wonderful riches, of and by Christ all are yours, for ye are Christs. 4. He is bought by Christ, and reconciled by Christ, and loved by Christ, and discharged by Christ, and ⟨p. 343⟩owned by Christ, and defended by Christ, and kept by Christ, and shall one day be saved by Christ.
- 1As to Christ.