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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.
Mercy Magnified ON A PENITENT Prodigal. › Sermon 19 › DOCT. True Repentance is practical Repentance.
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. Beware of Delays: men say they will, but when? Satan is politic, our hearts are deceitful, and these seek to while off the work, and make us believe it is enough to promise now, and practise at leisure: rise and go while your resolutions are hot, they will else cool by degrees, till they have no heat nor motion in them.
1. Beware of Delays: men say they will, but when? Satan is politick, our hearts are deceitful, and these seek to while off the work, and make us believe it is enough to promise now, and practise at leasure: rise and go while your resolutions are hot, they will else cool by degrees, till they have no heat nor motion in them.
2. Enter not upon debates about the business; Satan will plead, Flesh and Blood will reason; you can no way more gratify your Enemy than to enter a review, and bring the matter into question and deliberation again: thus they not only gain time, which may be an irreparable loss, but have also many advantages to break off and disannul the thoughts of your hearts.
2. Enter not upon debates about the business; Satan will plead, Flesh and Blood will reason; you can no way more gratifie your Enemy than to enter a review, and bring the matter into question and deliberation agen: thus they not only gain time, which may be an irreparable loss, but have also many advantages to break off and disanull the thoughts of your hearts.
3. Entertain not discouragements from going to Christ: Satan will say, your Sins are too great and many, or your time is past, or it is a desperate venture, being uncertain whether you shall find entertainment: and many the like stumbling blocks he will throw in your way: But fortify your resolutions.