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Life eternalLife eternall
Life eternal or, A treatise of the knowledge of the divine essence and attributes Delivered in XVIII. sermons. By the late faithful and worthy minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston, D. in Divinity, chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty, master of Emmanuel College in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolns Inn.Life eternall or, A treatise of the knowledge of the divine essence and attributes Delivered in XVIII. sermons. By the late faithfull and worthy minister of Iesus Christ, Iohn Preston, D. in Divinity, chaplaine in ordinary to his Majestie, master of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolns Inne.
London: printed by Richard, 1631
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Answ. I answer, There be two times of prayer, one is ordinary, and in private, when you may have all opportunity to do it in a holy, and solemn manner, and then you ought to do it solemnly. The other is, when you pray occasionally; and there the occasion and disposition doth not admit such outward solemnity; as when a man gives thanks at meat, or prayeth when he rides; Here the Lord accepts the will for the deed: GOD requires not this upon all occasions; yet when you may, you ought to do it, in a reverent manner, not only of spirit, but of the body also. You may gather it from Christ, he fell on his face and prayed, Luke 22.42. and Daniel, 1and Abraham, it is said that they bowed themselves to the ground: And it is said of Christ, that he lifted up his eyes to heaven, when he blessed the loaves. Why are these set ⟨p. 44⟩down? If any man might be freed, Jesus Christ might; but it pleaseth the holy Ghost to set down that circumstance of him, that he fell on his face, and that he lift up his eyes to heaven.
Answ. I answer, There be two times of prayer, one is ordinary, and in private, when you may have all opportunity to doe it in a holy, and solemne manner, and then you ought to doe it solemnly. The other is, when you pray occasionally; and there the occasion and disposition doth not admit such outward solemnity; as when a man gives thankes at meate, or prayeth when hee rides; Here the Lord accepts the will for the deed: GOD requires not this upon all occasions; yet when you may, you ought to doe it, in a reverent manner, not onely of spirit, but of the bodie also. You may gather it from Christ, he fell on his face and prayed, Luke 22.42. and Daniel, 1and Abraham, it is said that they bowed themselves to the ground: And it is said of Christ, that hee lifted up his eyes to heaven, when he blessed the loaves. Why are these set ⟨p. 44⟩downe? If any man might be freed, Iesus Christ might; but it pleaseth the holy Ghost to set downe that circumstance of him, that he fell on his face, and that hee lift up his eyes to heaven.