5. Finally,1 because every ones person is most near to himself, every one ought most of all to pray for himself, that his person may be a fit temple for the holy Ghost: 2and though the house where we live be an impure and impious place, no member of any true Church, yet that he himself may be as Joseph was in the house of Potiphar, 3a faithful member of the true Church, a free-hearted subject of the kingdom of God: and for this end every one ought to pray that in his person he may be sanctified throughout, and his whole spirit, and soul, and body, be kept blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.4
5. Finally,1 because euery ones person is most neare to himselfe, euery one ought most of all to pray for himselfe, that his person may be a fit temple for the holy Ghost: 2and though the house where we liue be an impure and impious place, no member of any true Church, yet that he himselfe may be as Ioseph was in the house of Potiphar, 3a faithfull member of the true Church, a free-hearted subiect of the kingdome of God: and for this end euery one ought to pray that in his person he may be sanctified throughout, and his whole spirit, and soule, and bodie, be kept blamelesse vnto the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ.4
- 1And for our own persons.And for our owne persons.
- 22. Cor. 6. 16.
- 3Gen. 39. 2.
- 41. Thes. 5. 23.
