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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. 5. Wicked men delight in aspersing the People of God with their former follies.
How eloquent is the elder son in rehearsing the wickedness of his brother? but not a word of his repentance. They love to remember ⟨p. 376⟩what the Saints were, not what they are; if in their youth they have been vain, profuse, prodigal, this shall never be forgotten; but their reformation, deep sorrow, and sincere repentance shall never be taken notice of; they are like Scarabees that live upon dung-hills, and suck nothing but corruption, like flies that live upon •ores: And this they do,
How eloquent is the elder son in rehearsing the wickedness of his brother? but not a word of his repentance. They love to remember ⟨p. 376⟩what the Saints were, not what they are; if in their youth they have been vain, profuse, prodigal, this shall never be forgotten; but their reformation, deep sorrow, and sincere repentance shall never be taken notice of; they are like Scaribees that live upon dung-hils, and suck nothing but corruption, like flyes that live upon •ores: And this they do,