...SERMON XII. THE PRODIGAL SON. LUKE xv. 17. and Part of v. 18. AND WHEN HE CAME TO HIMSELF, Hfi SAID, HOW MANY HIRED SERVANTS Of MY FATHER HAVE BREAD ENOUGH, AND TO SPARE, AND I PERISH WITH HUNGER,! I WILL ARISE, AND GO TO MY FATHER. greateft Part of thofe Sins of which Men...

...sanctified, beginning to repent and return to God. Ver. 17. " And when he came to himself he said, How many hired servants of my father have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger !" " He came to himself" — remarkable expression ! He had been beside himself;...

...of his innocence he had maintained the relation and experienced the tender treatment of a Son. How many hired servants of my Father have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! This reflexion leads him to sigh for a restoration to his dear and favoured home. But what hope can he indulge,...

...necessities of nature required," whilst he was denied the very husks which the swine did eat: — " How many hired servants of *' my father have bread enough and to spare, *' and I perish with hunger !" Can there be a more natural reflection to HS \vhat passes in the soul of an...

...have bread " enough^ and to Jpare, and I peri/h -with " hunger. This text appeared a kind of " anfwer to my prayer, and gave me " courage to make one more attempt to " foften you in my favour. I refolved to " fet out directly to find you, to confefs " my difobedience,...

...have been into" lerable, my tears flowed fast, while I cried out in " the bitterness of my soul, How many hired servants ?' of my father have bread enough,...kind of " answer to my prayer, and gave me courage to f make one more attempt to soften you in my fa" vour. I resolved to set out directly to find you, to...

...his substance in rioting and debauchery, as soon as he came to himself, began thus to reason : "How many hired servants of my father have bread enough^ and to spare, and I perish with hunger !" While he was yet a great \vay off, and still liable to perish, the father ran...

...the swine were 17 eating, as nobody gave him any thing. At length, coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father have bread enough and to spare, while I am perishing with hunger? 181 will rise and go to my father, and say to him, Father, I have...

...father have bread enough, and lajparc, and I petijh with hunger ? This text appeared a kind of anfwer to my prayer, and gave me courage to make one more attempt to foften you in my favour. I refolved to fet out dircctly to find you, to confefs my difohediencc, and...

...did eat ; until, fifthly, He came to himself and then he said, I will arise and go to my father. How many hired servants of my father, have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger. This consideration determined him to return, and to make a full confession of his crimes, and he said, Father...