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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 the time, we are deceived; in that we think, when God defers, he denies; for many times God defers for special reasons, and yet he grants the request, in the fittest time for us, as the physician knoweth the fittest time to give the 1patient physic of one kind or another; and in ⟨p. 64⟩this we must yield to God; as he doth all his works in the fittest time, so he grants our petitions in the fittest time; there is an appointed time for any deliverance to be granted, for any blessing, for any comfort, that we need, and have at his hands. Now, if our selves were judges, we would have things done for us in the most convenient time, we would have the smarting plaster pulled off, before the wound be healed, whereas it is i• best for us to have it kept on: Bel•ved, you shall find, that God divides between Satan, and us, in this case, as we see Rev. 2. 10. Satan shall cast some of you into prison, and 2you shall be there for ten days: it was not so long as Satan would have had it, it may be, he would have had it ten and ten too; nor again, it was not so short, as they would have had it, but God sets down the time between them both, and therefore we must rest upon him, and think that many times there is great reason, why we should be deferred when we ask things at his hands, and you shall find he defers for one of these causes, for the most part,
For the time, wee are deceived; in that vvee thinke, vvhen God deferrs, he denies; for many times God deferrs for speciall reasons, and yet he grants the request, in the fittest time for vs, as the phisitian knovveth the fittest time to giue the 1patient phisick of one kinde or another; and in ⟨p. 64⟩this wee must yeeld to God; as hee doth all his workes in the fittest time, so he grants our petitions in the fittest time; there is an appointed time for any deliverance to be granted, for any blessing, for any comfort, that wee neede, and haue at his hands. Now, if our selues were iudges, wee would haue things done for vs in the most convenient time, we would haue the smarting plaister pulled off, before the wound bee healed, whereas it is i best for vs to haue it kept on: Belved, you shall finde, that God divides betweene Sathan, and vs, in this case, as we see