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A grain of mustard-seed or, the least measure of grace that is or can…A graine of musterd-seede or, the least measure of grace that is or can…
A grain of mustard-seed or, the least measure of grace that is or can be effectual to salvation. Corrected and amended by W. Perkins.A graine of musterd-seede or, the least measure of grace that is or can be effectuall to saluation. Corrected and amended by W. Perkins.
London: printed by John Legate, 1611London: printed by Iohn Legate, 1611
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13. Pray continually, I mean not by solemn & set prayer, but by secret and inward ejaculations of the heart, that is, by a continual elevation of mind unto Christ, sitting at the right hand of God the Father, and that either by prayer or giving of thanks so often as any occasion shall be offered.
13. Pray continually, I meane not by solemne & set praier, but by secret and inward eiaculatiōs of the heart, that is, by a continuall eleuation of minde vnto Christ, sitting at the right hand of God the Father, and that either by prayer or giuing of thankes so often as any occaon shall be offered.
14. Think often of the ⟨p. 62⟩worst and most grievous things that may befall thee, either in this life or death for the name of Christ: make a reckoning of them, and prepare thy self to bear them: that when they come, they may not seem strange, but be borne the more easily.
14. Thinke often of the ⟨p. 62⟩worst and most grieuous things that may befall thee, either in this life or death for the name of Christ: make a reckoning of them, and prepare thy selfe to beare them: that when they come, they may not seeme strange, but be borne the more easily.
15. Make conscience of idle, vain, unhonest and ungodly thoughts: for these are the seeds and beginnings of actual sin in word & in deed. This want of care in ordering and composing of our thoughts, is often punished with a fearful temptation in the very thought, called of Divines, Tentatio blasphemiarum, a tentation of blasphemies.