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The saints daily exercise A treatise concerning the whole duty of prayer. Delivered in…The saints daily exercise A treatise concerning the whole dutie of prayer. Delivered in…
The saints daily exercise A treatise concerning the whole duty of prayer. Delivered in five sermons upon I Thess. 5.17. By the late faithful and worthy minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty, Master of Emmanuel College in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolns Inn.The saints daily exercise A treatise concerning the whole dutie of prayer. Delivered in fiue sermons vpon I Thess. 5.17. By the late faithfull and worthy minister of Iesus Christ, Iohn Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplaine in ordinary to his Maiesty, Master of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolnes Inne.
London: printed by W. Jones, 1629London: printed by W. Iones, 1629
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For answer to the first, that men do obtain many blessings that do not pray (as how many 1young men are there, and old men too, that have health, and wealth, and peace, and liberty, and abundance of all things, and yet, either they […] not to God, or, if they do, yet not in a holy and spiritual manner) and therefore this objection had need to be answered, and therefore I answer briefly.
For answer to the first, that men doe obtaine many blessings that doe not pray (as how many 1young men are there, and old men too, that haue health, and wealth, and peace, and libertie, and abundance of all things, and yet, eyther they 〈…〉 not to God, or, if they doe, yet not in a holy and spirituall manner) and therefore this obiection had need to be answered, and therfore I answer brieflie.
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First, though they have these blessings, yet they have them […], they have no promise 1of them, they cannot build upon them, whereas they are sure mercies to the righteous man, he can build upon these blessings: for he ⟨p. 47⟩2hath a father to go too, whose love he knows, and he hath sure promises to build on; the other, though he hath them, yet he is in a slippery place, when he enjoys them; it is an accidental thing, he hath them from the hand of an enemy, and he knows not how long he shall enjoy them.
First, though they haue these blessings, yet they haue them 〈…〉, they haue no promise