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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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Secondly, we must be diligent, when we come to perform the duty, that, though our minds do wander, yet we may be ready to recall them presently, to set our selves to it with all diligence: so much for answering of this first case.
Secondly, we must be diligent, when we come to performe the duty, that, though our mindes doe wander, yet we may be ready to recall them presently, to set our selues to it with all diligence: so much for answering of this first case.
The second case is, what a man is to do, when he finds a great indisposition to prayer, 1such a dullness, and deadness in him, that he knows not how to go about the duty, and he thinks, if he do it, it were as good be undone.
The second case is, what a man is to doe, when hee findes a great indisposition to prayer, 1such a dulnesse, and deadnesse in him, that hee knowes not how to goe about the duty, and hee thinkes, if hee doe it, it were as good bee vndone.
- 1Case 2 About indisposedness, and dullness, and unaptness to prayer.Case 2 About indisposednesse, and dulnesse, and vnap•nesse to prayer.
To this I answer briefly, that in all such cases, 1a man is bound notwithstanding to perform it, let his heart be never so much out of temper, let there be never so great a dullness, and deadness of spirit upon him, yet he is bound to do it.