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A03950 Certaine godlie and learned sermons Made vpon these sixe following parables of our Sauiour Christ, declared in the Gospell. 1. Of the vncleane spirit. 2. Of the prodigall sonne. 3. Of the rich man and Lazarus. 4. Of the vvounded man. 5. Of the vnmercifull seruant. 6. Of the faithfull seruant. By S.I. I. S. 1601 (1601) STC 14058; ESTC S119692 196,316 502

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●e_v angry_a to_o see_v his_o young_a brother_n to_o be_v s●_n well_o deal_v withal_o see_v it_o be_v no_o hurt_n o●_n harm_n or_o any_o disadvantage_n unto_o he_o second_o have_v no_o regard_n of_o the_o welfare_n of_o his_o brother_n he_o be_v sad_a and_o heavy_a to_o see_v he_o so_o joyful_o receive_v this_o elder_a brother_n this_o pharise_n this_o baste_n iusticiary_a say_v not_o so_o many_o year_n o●_n thou_o have_v breed_v i_o up_o thou_o have_v take_v great_a sorrow_n and_o care_n for_o i_o and_o i_o shall_v never_o be_v able_a to_o make_v recompense_n and_o amends_n but_o he_o forget_v his_o duty_n be_v up_o with_o his_o desert_n so_o many_o year_n have_v i_o serve_v thou_o as_o the_o other_o say_v i_o fast_o twice_o in_o the_o week_n i_o pay_v tithe_n of_o all_o that_o i_o possess_v and_o so_o forth_o what_o can_v be_v speak_v more_o arrogant_o then_o to_o say_v he_o never_o break_v his_o commandment_n who_o can_v of_o right_n say_v so_o but_o the_o only_a son_n of_o god_n who_o true_o may_v say_v i_o do_v those_o thing_n which_o please_v my_o father_n joh._n 8._o all_o other_o may_v say_v we_o have_v go_v astray_o and_o be_v unprofitable_a servant_n psal_n 14._o luk._n 17._o if_o he_o have_v commit_v no_o other_o sin_n yet_o in_o this_o he_o break_v the_o rule_n of_o charity_n envy_v at_o the_o good_a estate_n of_o his_o brother_n and_o take_v no_o compassion_n of_o his_o former_a misery_n neither_o do_v he_o say_v my_o brother_n but_o in_o contempt_n thy_o son_n so_o great_a be_v his_o pride_n and_o high_a mind_n these_o pharisee_n will_v have_v christ_n to_o be_v conversant_a with_o none_o but_o themselves_o and_o these_o iusticiaries_n will_v have_v none_o to_o have_v part_n in_o christ_n but_o only_o themselves_o but_o now_o let_v we_o mark_v how_o tender_o and_o mild_o christ_n answer_v unto_o this_o murmur_a and_o grudge_a son_n not_o stir_v he_o up_o or_o provoke_v he_o to_o anger_n but_o rather_o by_o all_o mean_n make_v he_o to_o know_v his_o bountiful_a mind_n towards_o he_o &_o what_o he_o mind_v to_o do_v for_o he_o that_o with_o all_o thankfulness_n h●e_v may_v accept_v of_o his_o goodness_n and_o be_v well_o content_a with_o his_o father_n deal_n and_o he_o say_v unto_o he_o son_n thou_o be_v ever_o with_o i_o and_o all_o that_o i_o have_v be_v thou_o it_o be_v meet_v that_o we_o shall_v make_v merry_a &_o be_v glad_a for_o this_o thy_o brother_n be_v dead_a and_o be_v alive_a again_o and_o he_o be_v lose_v but_o he_o be_v find_v the_o great_a gentleness_n of_o god_n be_v herein_o see_v in_o that_o so_o gracious_o he_o bear_v with_o the_o fault_n of_o murmurer_n &_o vouchsafe_v to_o call_v he_o son_n although_o he_o be_v a_o most_o grudge_a son_n he_o will_v also_o win_v &_o wean_v he_o from_o his_o fault_n by_o make_v he_o consider_v the_o daily_a bessing_n that_o be_v pour_v upon_o he_o &_o the_o great_a abundance_n that_o he_o be_v like_o hereafter_o to_o be_v partaker_n of_o neither_o do_v he_o reprove_v he_o sharp_o but_o exhort_v by_o mild_a persuasion_n say_v it_o be_v meet_v that_o we_o shall_v make_v merry_a and_o be_v glad_a and_o why_o be_v thou_o thus_o offend_v see_v thou_o shall_v be_v in_o this_o case_n as_o joyful_a as_o we_o for_o this_o thy_o brother_n note_v how_o he_o say_v not_o my_o son_n but_o this_o thy_o brother_n to_o allure_v he_o to_o mutual_a concord_n love_n &_o good_a will_n whereby_o we_o also_o have_v a_o warning_n to_o show_v compassion_n one_o towards_o another_o and_o to_o rejoice_v at_o the_o good_a one_o of_o another_o see_v we_o be_v the_o same_o people_n &_o nation_n have_v one_o god_n one_o redeemer_n one_o baptism_n exod._n 32._o when_o the_o