The new and complete life of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: containing an authentic and full account of all the wonderful transactions, sufferings, and death of our glorious Redeemer . ead, and is alive again; andwas lofi, cLnd is found. Luke xv. ii. tothe end. The defign of this parable is manifefledat firll fight, and ftands a beautiful and un-fading memorial of the fulness, the freerness, and extent of divine mercy to thegreateft of finners ; it not only declaresthat it is the fixed determination of heavento forgive, and that mercy is an eflentialattribute of deity, the brightef
The new and complete life of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: containing an authentic and full account of all the wonderful transactions, sufferings, and death of our glorious Redeemer . ead, and is alive again; andwas lofi, cLnd is found. Luke xv. ii. tothe end. The defign of this parable is manifefledat firll fight, and ftands a beautiful and un-fading memorial of the fulness, the freerness, and extent of divine mercy to thegreateft of finners ; it not only declaresthat it is the fixed determination of heavento forgive, and that mercy is an eflentialattribute of deity, the brightefl: ftar in theeternal crown; but it fhews that this glo-rious dispofition of heaven to forgive, en-tirely coincides with the feelings of hu-manity ; for the eternal God condescendsto appeal to that paternal tenderness whichhe hath planted in the human breafl:, invindication of his own conduft in pardon-ing finners, and in explanation of the na-ture and extent of his If this parable be applied to the parti-cular case with which it fi:ands connefted,it contains a reproof which the blefled Je-sus dire0:ed to the Pharisees for their mur-muring at his condescending kindness tq * i I 1 I. AND LIVES or HIS APOSTLES. i publicans and finners ; and hereby theyare taught that if they would resemble theholy and happy inhabitants of the coeles-tial regions, they would not murmur andcomplain, and look down with enviouspride and sullen contempt while he con-versed with those who were noted for be-ing habitually and prevailingly wickep, butwould rejoice to see such persons pursuethose methods which might tend to theirreformation and final salvation; nor wouldthe gladness of heart they might expresson this occafion, be any reproach to thatftriftness and purity which they valuethemselves upon ; for there is joy in heavenover one Jinner that repenteth, more thanover ninety and nine jujl perfons whichneed no repentance. Oar Lord having thus vindicated his ownconduft, in his condescending k
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