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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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for, we say, he is an honest man of his word, and if he have undertaken it, it is enough. Why will you not trust God, that goes so much beyond us, that hath an infinite wisdom, and an infinite power? And therefore we should so use the means, that withal we keep our dependence upon him, that we leave it to him to use this, or that means, as it pleaseth him. For sometimes, it may be, he ta•s away that which we are about, sometimes he leaves us partly destitute, and findest way of his own, that we might trust to him, and consider his power, and his wisdom, what he is able to do. So much likewise shall serve for this Case.
for, we say, he is an honest man of his word, and if hee haue vndertaken it, it is enough. Why will you not trust God, that goes so much beyond vs, that hath an infinite wisedome, and an infinite power? And therefore we should so vse the meanes, that withall we keep our dependance vpon him, that we leaue it to him to vse this, or that meanes, as it pleaseth him. For sometimes, it may be, he ta•s away that which we are about, sometimes he leaues vs partly destitute, and findes• way of his owne, that we might trust to him, and consider his power, and his wisdome, what he is able to doe. So much likewise shall serue for this Case.
Another Case is, what it is to pray in faith? You know that is required. Now there is a common 1error in this point: for a man may say, if I pray for the salvation of another, I •ue no promise, how can I pray in faith? when a man prays to be guided in such a business, to have▪ such an enterprise to be brought to p•sse, to h•ue […] from suc• a trouble, facts […] ⟨p. 99⟩