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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 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 ⟨p. 71⟩when they declined from that pitch, from that degree of faith, which they had obtained, you shall find it commonly to arise from remissness in this duty: therefore we say to such, repent and amend, and do your first works; that is, use your former diligence, renew that, and that will renew grace, and strength again: therefore take 4heed of being negligent, and remiss in this duty. We have great cause to be encouraged to it, for there is not a faithful prayer that we make shall be lost, but they come up into remembrance; and therefore you must consider with your selves, not only what you do for the present, but what stock of prayers you have laid up; you know a man may have much, in bills, and bonds, as well as in present money; so there is a certain 5stock of prayer, a certain treasure laid up, that shall not be forgotten. The husbandman looks not only upon the grain that he hath in his 6garner, but he looks upon that which is sown, though it be out of his hands, yea he reckons that the better of the two; so those prayers that have been sowed, it may be, many years ago, are such as will bring in a sure increase: therefore let us be exhorted to be constant in this duty, to be frequent therein, to continue in it, watching thereto with perseverance.