A92856:785
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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To th•s I answer, 1. It is a truth that Conversion doth expose a person to most afflictions and persecutions; Many are the afflictions of the righteous, saith David, Psal. 34. 19. All that will live godly in Christ Jesus, must suffer persecution, saith Paul, 2 Tim. 3. 12. Filii lucis, are Filii crucis, and Christianus is Crucianus (said Luther.) In the World you shall have troubles (said Christ to his Disciples) and the Disciple is not above his Master; if the Master dyed upon the Cross, is it much that the Disciple take up the Cross? Nevertheless in the second place, as it was emblemed in Reverend Hoppers Motto, There was a Lamb in a flaming Bush, with the Sun shining upon it; or as it was with the three Children, though they were in a fiery Furnace, yet the Son of God walked with them, and preserved them: So, though converted persons meet with many afflictions, there is yet a spring of joy, a Sun of comfort open unto them; therefore heed me.
To th•s I answer, 1. It is a truth that Conversion doth expose a person to most afflictions and persecutions; Many are the afflictions of the righteous, saith David, Psal. 34. 19. All that will live godly in Christ Jesus, must suffer persecution, saith Paul, 2 Tim. 3. 12. Filii lucis, are Filii crucis, and Christianus is Crucianus (said Luther.) In the World you shall have troubles (said Christ to his Disciples) and the Disciple is not above his Master; if the Master dyed upon the Cross, is it much that the Disciple take up the Cross? Nevertheless in the second place, as it was emblem'd in Reverend Hoopers Motto, There was a Lamb in a flaming Bush, with the Sun shining upon it; or as it was with the three Children, though they were in a fiery Furnace, yet the Son of God walked with them, and preserved them: So, though converted persons meet with many afflictions, there is yet a spring of joy, a Sun of comfort open unto them; therefore heed me.