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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 you will say, what shall a man come into Gods presence, who is most holy, after he hath defiled ⟨p. 80⟩1himself with some great sin, is not this an unreverent thing?
But you will say, what shall a man come into Gods presence, who is most holy, after he hath defiled ⟨p. 80⟩1himselfe with some great sinne, is not this an vnreuerent thing?
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I answer briefly, it is very true, if thou be bold 1to come into Gods presence with the same disposition, wherewith the sin was committed, with a mind so fashioned, and so framed, in that case thou doest exceedingly provoke him, this is a very high degree of proneness: and therefore, when we say, thou must come in, and keep a constant course in prayer notwithstanding, the meaning is, you must come in with a disposition turned aside from your sins, and brought home to God, with a mind to abhor that which is evil, and to cleave to that which is good; there must be this conversation of the mind to him, thou must not come in with the same disposition, that must be altered. So much shall serve for the answer to this case.
I answer briefly, it is very true, if thou be bolde 1to come into Gods presence with the same d•sposition, wherewith the sinne was committed, with a minde so fashioned, and so framed, in that case thou doest exceedingly provoke him, this is a very high degree of prounesse: and therefore, when we say, thou must come in, and keepe a constant course in prayer notwithstanding, the meaning is, you must come in with a disposition turned aside from your sinnes, and brought home to God, with a minde to abhorre that which is evill, and to cleaue to that which is good; there must bee this conversation of the minde to him, thou must not come in with the same disposition, that must be altered. So much shall serue sor the answere to this case.