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

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1. The heart of every natural man is estranged from God: they are born so, Psal. 53. 3. They go astray as soon as they be born: there is an estrangement in the understanding, they know him not, though God be near them, they see him not; though he doth all for them, they do not observe, it, Hos. 2. 8. She did not know I gave her Corn, &c. There is an estrangement in the Will, they care not for God, they are his enemies; yea, enmity it self against him, Rom. 8.7. They are estranged in their affections, hence they are called haters of God, Rom. 1 30. Now by virtue of this estrangedness, they are wholly indisposed, and utterly averse to the fear and service of God.

1. The heart of every natural man is estranged from God: they are born so, Psal. 53. 3. They go astray as soon as they be born: there is an estrangement in the understanding, they know him not, though God be near them, they see him not; though he doth all for them, they do not observe, it, Hos. 2. 8. She did not know I gave her Corn, &c. There is an estrangement in the Will, they care not for God, they are his enemies; yea, enmity it self against him, Rom. 8.7. They are estranged in their affections, hence they are called haters of God, Rom. 1 30. Now by vertue of this estrangedness, they are wholly indisposed, and utterly averse to the fear and service of God.

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2. There are many lusts in the heart of every unregenerate man to which he is enslaved; man, by seeking an unbounded liberty, hath;

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DOCT. The more God doth for sinners, the further they seek to get away from him.