| New Church gen. confer - 1863 - 604 pages
...parable, no sooner has the penitent made the acknowledgment of his sinfulness and unworthiness, than " the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best...and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it ; and let us eat and be merry." In these few words we have a summary picture of the spiritual-natural man,... | |
| William Jay - Sermons - 1814 - 552 pages
...Father saw him, and had " compassion on him, and ran, and fell on his neck, " and kissed him — And said to his servants, bring forth " the best robe,...bring hither " the fatted calf, and kill it ; and let us eat and be mer?* ry. For this my son was dead, and is alive again ; he " was lost, and is found.... | |
| William Clayton - Sermons, English - 1814 - 420 pages
...I " have sinned against Heaven, and in thy sight, " and am no more worthy to be called thy son. 11 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth "...ring< " on his hand, and shoes on his feet : and bring " the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be " merry : for this my son was dead, and is alive... | |
| Bible - 1815 - 294 pages
...against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the father said tor his servants, bring forth the best robe, and put it...again ; he was lost and is found. And they began to be merry. Now, his elder son was in the field : and as he came, and drew nigh to the house, he heard... | |
| Samuel Lavington - Sermons, English - 1815 - 622 pages
...express his humiliation, he says, " Bring hither the best robe, and put it on him ; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet; and bring hither...eat, and be merry ; for this my son was dead, and is alive again ; was lost, and is found." " Bring hither the best robe." The spotless robe of innocence... | |
| Richard Baxter - Conversion - 1817 - 510 pages
...Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son : but the father said to his servants, bring forth the...us eat and be merry : for this my son was dead, and is alive again, he was lost, and is found.' What would you have thought or said of this prodigal, if... | |
| England - 1831 - 1008 pages
...hysteric laugh broke from Mrs Beauchamp,) — " and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. * * * "And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it ; and...again; he was lost, and is found : and they began"— The death-like silence in which my trembling voice was listened to, was broken by the sound of a slight... | |
| Edward Cooper - Sermons, English - 1818 - 494 pages
...Father, I " have sinned against heaven and before " thee, and am no more worthy to be called " thy son. But the Father said to his " servants, Bring forth...eat and be merry. For this my son was " dead, and is alive again, he was lost, and " is found." Every circumstance here mentioned shows in the clearest... | |
| George Horne, William Jones - Theology - 1818 - 606 pages
...neck, and kissed him ;" and while he was confessing his sinfulness and unworthiness, " he said to " the servants, Bring forth the best robe and put it " on...eat and be merry. For this my son was " dead, and is alive again ; was lost, and is found. " And they began to be merry." Here let all sinners (and sinners... | |
| 1819 - 212 pages
..."Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight ; and ara no more worthy to be called thy son." But the father said to his servants, "Bring forth...again ; he was lost and is found." and they began to be merry. Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music... | |
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