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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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Again, sometimes God defers, that we might 1be more able to use those blessings that he means to bestow upon us: so he deferred to raise Joseph to preferment: so he deferred to bring David to the Kingdom, that those afflictions that they endured might the better fit them to enjoy so great prosperity, as he had provided for them afterwards.
Againe, sometimes God deferrs, that we might 1bee more able to vse those blessings that hee meanes to bestow vpon vs: so hee deferred to raise Ioseph to preferment: so he deferred to bring David to the Kingdome, that those afflictions that they indured might the better fit them to enioy so great prosperity, as he had provided for them afterwards.
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And lastly, he defers that he might set a higher 1price upon his blessings, that he might enhance the price of them; as the fisher draws 2away the bait, that the fish might follow it the more; so God withholds blessings, that we might have a greater edge set upon our desires, that we might pray harder for them, that we might prize them more, when we have obtained them.
And lastly, he deferrs that he might set a higher 1price vpon his blessings, that hee might inhaunce the price of them; as the fisher drawes 2away the bait, that the fish might follow it the more; so God withholds blessings, that we might haue a greater edge set vpon our desires, that we might pray harder for them, that we might prize them more, when wee haue obtained them.