The Gospel Visitant Author:Edward Turner Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ling in the heart of the father which remained to be' satisfied after the son humMy confessed, '' Father. I have sinned against hf aven and in thy sight, and am ... more »no more worthy to be called. thy son." It was then a suitable time for the open manifestations of love and mercy to be displayed to the infinite honor of the father, and to the unspeakable happiness of the son, now- saved, not from deserved punishment, but from his prodigality and sin. -'- :. : ;..:-.,... While it is readily acknowledged that the foregoing tract falls greatly short of embracing, so particularly, the various subjects which are necessarily connected With and allied to the general question under consideration, of what might reasonably be expected from arguments better constructed, or a treatise labored more largely, vet a humble hope is entertained that the most important subjects art made sufficiently plain to the understanding of the reader, as to contribute something to the promotion ot piety towards God and morality among men. It is conceived that whenever the divine character 4s consistently represented to the human mind, and man is taught to see a father in his creator, he will no longer be disposed to csll him a hard master, but feeling his sonship in the father of his spirit, will strive to discharge the duties of piety and unfeigned devotion. And it is further believed that by taking our lessons of morality from the manifestations of the divine character, so wonderfully displayed in the economy of his universal goodness, our morality will naturally become well purified from all the evils of superstition, and will facilitate the desired object of our loving our neighbours as ourselves. ANSWER TO THE QUESTION ON THE APPLICATION OP GttRInT'S SUFFERINGS. Question. As the Scriptures decl...« less