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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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But the other case is, when he is jogged in his 1shooting by another, that is, when Satan interrupts him, when he is diligent to hinder him in such a duty; in this case, God chargeth it not upon him, and doth not cast us off, nor reject our pray errs, because of that: but, on the other side, when this wandering of mind shall rise from mere negligence, on our part, from profaneness, from 2want of reverence, because we do not intend holy duties as we ought, we come not to them with that conscionableness, with that carefulness as we should do; in this case now, it is a great sin, this moves the Lord to anger, when we perform the duty in that manner, when we do not so much as set our selves about it with our strength, but suffer our minds to wander without any resistance.
But the other case is, when he is iogged in his 1shooting by another, that is, when Sathan interrupts him, when he is diligent to hinder him in such a dutie; in this case, God chargeth it not vpō him, and doth not cast vs off, nor reiect our pray ers, because of that: but, on the other side, when this wandring of minde shall rise from meere negligence, on our part, from profanesse, from 2want of reverence, because we doe not intend holy duties as we ought, we come not to them with that conscionablenesse, with that carefulnesse as we should doe; in this case now, it is a great sinne, this moues the Lord to anger, when we performe the duty in that manner, when we doe not so much as set our selues about it with our strength, but suffer our mindes to wander without any resistance.
- 12. Temptation.
- 23. Negligence