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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, we are guilty of the sin of unthankfulness: for we ought to give thanks in all things: 1again, we neglect his worship; for you know prayer is a part of his worship, and the neglect 2of it from day to day, or at any time, when we omit it, is a neglect of that worship, and service we owe unto him.
Againe, we are guilty of the sin of vnthankfulnesse: for we ought to giue thankes in all things: 1againe, we neglect his worship; for you know prayer is a part of his worship, and the neglect 2of it from day to day, or at any time, when we omit it, is a neglect of that worship, and seruice we owe vnto him.
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Again, we suffer sin •o lie unforgiven, which is very dangerous, we deprive our selves o• blessings, 1and bring a curse upon our selves, and we 2suffer our hearts to grow hard, and to be distempered: 3for, from our neglect of prayer comes that deadness of spirit, that worldly-mindedness, and unaptness to pray, to hear the word, and •o keep the sabbath; what else is the reason of it, why those that have be me forward, and zealous professors, in former times, have lost their light, and are fallen from their place; I say what is the reason of it, when they were sometime fervent in spirit serving the Lord? That fire was not kept alive with the fuel of prayer; and