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Mercy magnified on a penitent prodigal, or A brief discourse, wherein Christs parable of…
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]
printed by Samuel Green for Samuel Philips, 1684
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DOCT. II. Man when convinced of his misery, had rather take any course to redress it, than go to God for his help.
He will first try all ways to repair his loss, and quite weary himself out in so doing; he had rather to enslave himself to Satan than become Christs freeman. And the Reason of this is.
He will first try all wayes to repair his loss, and quite weary himself out in so doing; he had rather to enslave himself to Satan than become Christs freeman. And the Reason of this is.
1. Negatively.
1. Not because there is indeed any help to be had elsewhere, for indeed there is none: Mans misery is such as the whole creation cannot repair it, it's vain to look any where for salvation, Jer. 3. 23. Man may try many conclusions, but it is a certain truth before he tries, that he shall be wholly disappointed, they who forsake God, follows lies.