Mercy magnified on a penitent prodigal, or A brief discourse, wherein Christs parable of…

Name: Mercy magnified on a penitent prodigal, or A brief discourse, wherein Christs parable of…
Author: Samuel Willard

Mercy magnified on a penitent prodigal, or A brief discourse, wherein Christs parable of the lost son found, is opened and applied, as it was delivered in sundry sermons, / by Samuel Willard teacher of a church in Boston in New-England. ; [Two lines from Luke]

Samuel Willard 1640–1707printed by Samuel Green for Samuel Philips, 1684

[6], 391, [1] p. ; 15 cm. · 87k words · Evans 379 · Wing W2285

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Mercy Magnified ON A PENITENT Prodigal. › Sermon 4

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[ Earlier:119–131 of 949

:119p. 45

SERMON IV.

:120p. 45¶2

2. HE takes all with him; He gathered all together; He leaves nothing behind him: What this all is, we have already heard, viz. All the outward blessing, favours, privileges which God bestows upon the Children of men, be it more or less. Hence,

2. HE takes all with him; He gathered all together; He leaves nothing behind him: What this all is, we have already heard, viz. All the outward blessing, favours, priviledges which God bestowes upon the Children of men, be it more or less. Hence,

:121p. 45

DOCT. Sinful Man left to himself, denies God the glory of all his goodness.

:122p. 45–46

Let God bestow upon him whatever he pleaseth, ⟨p. 46⟩for him never so much, yet he takes it not as any engagement upon him to serve God, or glorify him, but dishonoureth him with all: This was the sin which the Prop••• •aid to the charge of that wicked King,

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SERMON IV.

DOCT. Sinful Man left to himself, denies God the glory of all his goodness.