Mercy magnified on a penitent prodigal, or A brief discourse, wherein Christs parable of…

Ans. It is a speedy, constant, and industrious endeavour in the mortifying of Sin, and quickening of Grace, by the help of Gods Holy Spirit. When the Spirit of God hath wrought the habits of Grace in the heart, he always adds the bringing of them forth into act, which is their end and use: He that works the Will, works the Deed too, Phil. 2. 13. so that the Soul no sooner is furnished for its work, but it sets about it: when Christ raised any, or healed them, they rose and walked: so that practical Repentance is nothing else but improvement of Grace.

Ans. It is a speedy, constant, and industrious endeavour in the mortifying of Sin, and quickening of Grace, by the help of Gods Holy Spirit. When the Spirit of God hath wrought the habits of Grace in the heart, he alwayes adds the bringing of them forth into act, which is their end and use: He that works the Will, works the Deed too, Phil. 2. 13. so that the Soul no sooner is furnished for its work, but it sets about it: when Christ raised any, or healed them, they rose and walked: so that practical Repentance is nothing else but improvement of Grace.

1. The business of this Grace, or that about which it is conversant, is the mortifying of Sin, and quickening of Grace: rising out of Sin, is a rejecting, relinquishing, casting it off, which is done in mortification. Sin […] the power of a Prince in a natural man, commands him, Reigns over him, Rom. 6. 12. ⟨p. 278⟩It must therefore be vanquished, its dominion cast off, by such as rise out of it: Sin so dwells in us, that it is no more left than it is mortified: returning to God, is an exciting of Grace, a quickening of it, it is an exerting of faith in him, and love to him, in these Repentance consists,