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

Vers. 25. Now his elder Son was in the field, and as he came out and drew nigh unto the house, he heard music and dancing. Vers. 26. And he called one of the servants, and asked him what these things meant. Vers. 27. And he said unto him, thy brother is come, and thy father hath killed the fatted Calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. Vers. 28. And he was angry.—

Vers. 25. Now his elder Son was in the field, and as he came out and drew nigh unto the house, he heard musick and dancing. Vers. 26. And he called one of the servants, and asked him what these things meant. Vers. 27. And he said unto him, thy brother is come, and thy father hath killed the fatted Calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. Vers. 28. And he was angry.—

The third part of the Parable hath been spoken to, and therein I have have given an account of the main matter intended in the this discourse, viz. To make ⟨p. 355⟩discovery of the wretchedness and unworthiness of a sinner, the riches of the grace of God in his Conversion, the nature also and quality of converting grace. I shall very briefly pass over this fourth and last part; in which we have described the carriage of the elder son; by whom, we observed in the beginning, our Saviour aims at the scribes and Pharisees, whose murmuring at his familiarizing of himself with Publicans and sinners, gave occasion to this and the foregoing Parable: He is called the Elder, because these men looked upon themselves as the proper heirs and inheritors of the Promises; took themselves to be the only men of merit, and thought that all favour shown to Publicans was misapplied.

THe third part of the Parable hath been spoken to, and therein I have have given an account of the main matter intended in the this discourse, viz. To make ⟨p. 355⟩discovery of the wretchedness and unworthiness of a finner, the riches of the grace of God in his Conversion, the nature also and quality of converting grace. I shall very briefly pass over this fourth and last part; in which we have described the carriage of the elder son; by whom, we observed in the beginning, our Saviour aims at the scribes and Pharisees, whose murmuring at his familiarizing of himself with Publicans and sinners, gave occasion to this and the foregoing Parable: He is called the Elder, because these men looked upon themselves as the proper heirs and inheriters of the Promises; took themselves to be the only men of merit, and thought that all favour shewn to Publicans was misapplyed.