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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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Besides, there is a particular pains that a man is to take with his heart, from day to day, which, 1in the public common petitions, he is not able to do: for, Beloved, know this, that the prayer, that is required from day to day, is not so much the performance of the duty, the doing of the task, but the end is to keep the heart in order; for, if sinful lust grow upon it, and […], and worldly mindedness, the end of this duty is to work them out again, to renew repentance again; and, when there is a forgetfulness of the covenant, when grace grows weak, when good desires begin to languish, to renew, and recover them, to put fuel to them: and this is not done by the performance of the public only; and therefore, I say, though you perform it in your families, and meet in the congregation, you must not think that this is enough, you are bound to a private performance of this duty.
Besides, there is a particular paines that a man is to take with his heart, from day to day, which, 1in the publike common petitions, he is not able to doe: for, Beloved, know this, that the prayer, that is required from day to day, is not so much the performance of the dutie, the doing of the taske, but the end is to keepe the heart in order; for, if sinfull lust grow vpon it, and 〈…〉, and worldly mindednesse, the end of this duty is to worke them out againe, to renew repentance againe; and, when there is a forgetfulnesse of the covenant, when grace growes weake, when good desires begin to languish, to renew, and recover them, to put fewell to them: and this is not done by the performance of the publ•ke onely; and therefore, I say, though you performe it in your families, and meete in the congregation, you must not thinke that this is enough, you are bound to a private performance of this duty.
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