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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. A solemn and serious deliberation with himself, vers. 17,18,19.
2. His putting of this deliberation in execution, vers. 20. begin.
2. His puting of this deliberation in execution, vers. 20. begin.
1. In his deliberation we may consider: 1. The season or occasion of it, verse, 17. When he came to himself. 2. The things deliberated by him, which are, 1. Motives and encouragements to his return, verse, 17. 2. A strong conclusion or firm resolution built upon those arguments, vers, 18, 19. I shall begin with the first, viz.
1. In his deliberation we may consider: 1. The season or occasion of it, verse, 17. When he came to himself. 2. The things deliberated by him, which are, 1. Motives and encouragments to his return, verse, 17. 2. A strong conclusion or firm resolution built upon those arguments, vers, 18, 19. I shall begin with the first, viz.