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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, do you not say, when you have great business in hand, that a man must have a dining time, and a sleeping time, &c? Why may we not say as wel•? A man must have a praying time; is it not as necessary? You know what Job saith▪ you know the course that •e kept in reading the word, (for that is clearly meant in that place) It was more precious •o him then his appointed food: that is, he had rather omit his usual• meals, (for that he means by his appointed food) then to omit a constant course in performing those holy duties: Therefore, I say, it ought carefully to be took heed of, that we omit it not, except it be a very great strait; if it be, we may be short in it, •od ties us not so exactly: you see therein are not rules set down in the Scriptures, wherein we are tied precisely to such an hour, to such ⟨p. 90⟩a time, but God, in mercy, and in wisdom, hath left it to our liberty: only, you see, this is the command, Pray continually, do it exceeding much, at the least, keep a constant course in it, as we heard before, but you may be shorter in it.
Besides, doe you not say, when you haue great businesse in hand, that a man must haue a dining time, and a sleeping time, &c? Why may wee not say as wel•? A man must haue a praying time; is it not as necessary? You know what Iob saith▪ you know the course that •e kept in reading the word, (for that is cleerely meant in that place) It was more precious •o him then his appointed food: that is, he had rather omit his vsual• meale•, (for that he meanes by his appointed food) then to omit a constant course in performing those holy duties: Therefore, I say, it ought carefully to be tooke heede of, that we omit it not, except it be a very great streight; if it be, we may be short in it, •od tyes vs not so exactly: you see therein are not rules set downe in the Scriptures, wherein we are tyed precisely to such an houre, to such