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.Luke 19. 10.For the Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which is lost.BOSTON IN NEW-ENGLANDPrinted by Samuel Green, for Samuel Philips, and are to be Sold at his Shop at the West end of the Town-House. 1684.Title page of Mercy magnified on a penitent prodigal, or A brief discourse, wherein Christs parable of…, 1684

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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 5

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SERMON V.

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WE have thus heard of the place whither the young son carried his estate, telling us that wicked men love to have the greatest advantage to sin without any restraint: We might also have taken notice of the comparison which is used in the text to illustrate his Apostasy, viz. a journey, he took his journey: or went a Pilgrimage: whence we may take notice of this.

WE have thus heard of the place whither the young son carried his estate, telling us that wicked men love to have the greatest advantage to sin without any restraint: We might also have taken notice of the comparison which is used in the text to illustrate his Apostasie, viz. a journey, he took his journey: or went a Pilgrimage: whence we may take notice of this.

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DOCT. That wicked men grow to the height of profaneness by degrees.

DOCT. That wicked men grow to the height of prophaness by degrees.

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Men conversing in the region of sin are upon a Journey, every step they take sets them at a farther distance from God: Wickedness grows upon men by degrees, there are few men that commence high profane per saltum: from but a visible and sober profession to the top of wickedness there are divers steps a man hath to take, he must first leave a great deal behind him before he arrives at it: he must root out the efficacy of good education, he must suppress the activity of a stirring conscience,

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Author

Samuel Willard 1640–1707

Printer

Samuel Green

Bookseller

Samuel Philips

Year

1684

Size

[6], 391, [1] p. ; 15 cm.

Words

87,420

Catalogue

Evans 379 · Wing W2285

Text

Evans-TCP N00302

Passages

949

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Title page

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

SERMON V.

DOCT. That wicked men grow to the height of profaneness by degrees.

DOCT. That wicked men grow to the height of prophaness by degrees.

DOCT. Unregenerate men are the greatest spend-thrifts; for they unprofitably wast all their substance upon their lusts.