Matthew Poole and continuators on Luke 15:19

19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

Every Sinner is besides himself. His reason Lacqueys to his Lust and Passion, he is Governed by Appetite, and that rageth in him, while his understanding is Blind, and cannot discern betwixt Good and Evil, and when he hath in any Measure discerned any thing, his Will is Stubborn and chuseth the Evil. Conversion is but the return of a Soul to it self. The first thoughts of which Conversion arise from a Souls Consideration, what a poor Miserable Creature it is, ready to Perish for ever, whiles never a poor Soul belonging to God, no not the meanest Servant in his Family, wanteth any good thing that is necessary for him. These things increase in a Soul thoughts of returning to his Heavenly Father, through the Operation of the Holy Spirit of God. (For of our selves we are not sufficient so much as to think one good thought.)