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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.
DOCT. 1. God useth his Servants as instruments in bestowing his spiritual blessing upon his Children.
He doth not usually dispense these things immediately, but in and with the means. We may here consider. 1. Who are these Servants. 2. The confirmation of the Doctrine.
He doth not usually dispense these things immediatly, but in and with the means. We may here consider. 1. Who are these Servants. 2. The confirmation of the Doctrine.
1. Who are these Servants?
Answ. Touching the Ministry of the Holy Angels, though the thing be a truth, Heb. 1. 14. Yet the way is more secret: and I verily believe they do more for the Saints than they are aware of, and may be as active in suggestion of that which is good, as satan that which is evil: But I shall not adventure here to particularize, therefore,