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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:450p. 188–189¶1

The soul of man absolutely needs some ⟨p. 189⟩object to rely upon; man's dependence for soul as well as body is out of himself; that must have something to live upon, or else it cannot do: Man was made for an end, and the attainment of his end is the fruition of his object, hence the Church calls God the portion of her soul, Lam. 3. 24.

The soul of man absolutely needs some ⟨p. 189⟩object to rely upon; man's dependance for soul as well as body is out of himself; that must have something to live upon, or else it cannot do: Man was made for an end, and the attainment of his end is the fruition of his object, hence the Church calls God the portion of her soul, Lam. 3. 24.

:451p. 189¶2

2. Hence the soul can hold up no longer than it hath some object to depend upon, either really or imaginarily able to support it: The soul therefore sinks when it hath nothing to trust to; and that is the proper nature of despair, viz. the sinking of a soul for want of a stay: and the reason why every sinner is not a desponder, is only because he stays upon the things of the world, and hopes they will support him; hence they are said, to trust in them, Psal. 49. 6.

2. Hence the soul can hold up no longer than it hath some object to depend upon, either really or imaginarily able to support it: The soul therefore sinks when it hath nothing to trust to; and that is the proper nature of despair, viz. the sinking of a soul for want of a stay: and the reason why every sinner is not a desponder, is only because he stayes upon the things of the world, and hopes they will support him; hence they are said, to trust in them,

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