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 9 › Doctrine 1: DOCT. I. The things of this world are bu• husks.

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2. They are outward blessings and so to be acknowledged by these that enjoy them; they are called his hid treasure, Psal. 17. 14. Yea, such blessings as God will call men to an account for, and if he takes them away, it is a punishment, Hos. 2. 8,9.

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3. They are things by which the people of God are in this life sustained, and comforted, and by the want whereof they are afflicted: They were made for the supply of their bodies, and when God chasteneth his Children, he sometimes takes them away, 2 Sam. 14. 13.

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4. They are such things as we are to pray for in their place, and to deprecate the want of them, Mat. 6. 11. But,

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DOCT. II. Natural man would fain find content and satisfaction in these mean things of the World.