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 12 › Doctrine 2: DOCT. II. In order to the conversion of a sinner, God makes him deeply apprehensive tha…

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1, He kindles in him an eager and pinching hunger: note that besides that spiritual and gracious hunger of the Soul after righteousness mentioned, Mat. 5.6. there is also a preparatory hunger, which is oppressive to, and grievously distresseth the soul, see Isai. 65.13. My Servants shall eat but ye shall be hungry: Now this hunger is made up of these two things, Viz.

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1. A deep apprehension of distressing misery lying upon him, and making his spirits to fail, and heart to faint. God opens the Sinners eyes to see and find that which before he neither knew nor believed; that the wrath of God is upon him, that he is a cursed creature, ⟨p. 173⟩that he hath lost all grace, and is in danger of the miseries of Hell: he finds his Soul to be in a condition extremely dangerous, exposed to the executions of divine Vengeance, he now believes because he feels, that wrath is upon him, sees a Sword of vengeance drawn against him.

1. A deep apprehension of distressing misery lying upon him, and making his spirits to fail, and heart to faint. God opens the Sinners eyes to see and find that which before he neither knew nor believed; that the wrath of God is upon him, that he is a cursed creature, ⟨p. 173⟩that he hath lost all grace, and is in danger of the miseries of Hell: he finds his Soul to be in a condition extreamly dangerous, exposed to the executions of divine Vengeance, he now believes because he feels, that wrath is upon him, sees a Sword of vengeance drawn against him.

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