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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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if thou find, they be sincere and hearty, mingled with holy desires, and not with carnal, and corrupt affections, then, let the bait lie still, that is, continue to pray, and to wait, and the Lord vvill come in due time.
if thou finde, they bee sincere and heartie, mingled with holie desires, and not with carnall, and corrupt affections, then, let the baite lie still, that is, continue to praie, and to vvaite, and the Lord vvill come in due time.
But this is not all, though that be one thing, 1when thou art not heard, consider, if thou hast not prayed amiss; it is a common fault amongst us, when we succeed not in any thing, we attribute ⟨p. 54⟩it to many other things, but not to our remissness, and carelessness in seeking to God: if a man want sleep, if he find sickness, and weakness, and distemper of body, he thinks that he hath eaten amiss, and considers not whether he hath prayed amiss; if a man have miscarried in his business, he begins to think, whether he have not been improvident, whether he hath not dealt foolishly; whether he hath not omitted such and such means, as he might have used, he never thinks whether he have prayed amiss; and that indeed, is the cause of our miscarrying, and not commonly the thing, which we attribute it unto: for though God be not the immediate cause, you know he is the great cause; There is no ill, that he hath not done; and that which moves him is alway grace, and sin; that which moves him to do us good, is our obedience to him, that which moves him on the contrary, is neglect on our part.
But this is not all, though that bee one thing, 1when thou art not heard, consider, if thou hast not praied amisse; it is a common fault amongst vs, when we succeede not in anie thing, we attribute ⟨p. 54⟩