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 6 › DOCT. The World then most of all deceives and fails, when men have…: DOCT. The World then most of all deceives and fails, when men have the most need of help.

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1. The natural man, standing at a great distance from God hath no other hope or help to take to in his distress but the world: This far Country is the place which this sinner dwells in, and therefore here he must look for his succour; he hath by his own grievous folly, put himself under the necessity, either to find relief from the world, or else to perish; i.e. he knows no other way.

1. The natural man, standing at a great distance from God hath no other hope or help to take to in his distress but the world: This far Country is the place which this sinner dwels in, and therefore here he must look for his succour; he hath by his own grievous folly, put himself under the necessity, either to find relief from the world, or else to perish; i.e. he knows no other way.

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2. Nay, he hath chosen and preferred the friendship and presumed fidelity of the world, rather than to have his dependence upon God, he went himself into this far Country; he was not driven to it by necessity, but went to it by choice, it was the place of his desires; he had ⟨p. 87⟩rather trust in the uncertain world than a living God; this is a thing so natural to fallen man, that Paul is fain to give a strict charge against it, 1 Tim. 6. 17.

2. Nay, he hath chosen and preferred the friendship and presumed fidelity of the world, rather than to have his dependance upon God, he went himself into this far Country; he was not driven to it by necessity, but went to it by choice, it was the place of his desires; he had ⟨p. 87⟩rather trust in the uncertain world than a living God; this is a thing so natural to fallen man, that Paul is fain to give a strict charge against it,

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

SERMON VII.

DOCT. When God intends saving Grace to any, he first makes them effectually sensible of their own miserable and undone state.

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SERMON VII.

DOCT. When God intends saving Grace to any, he first makes them effectually sensible of their own miserable and undone state.