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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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that the noise that our […] make is like ant noise of a Thunder, ⟨p. 104⟩when the noise of our prayers is but like the crackling of thorns, that it cannot be heard for the noise that sin makes in the ears of the Lord. Thus it is, in this case, when we come before God in our sins, when a man comes into his presence, in his unregeneracy.
that the noise that our 〈…〉 make is like ant noise of a Thunder, ⟨p. 104⟩when the noise of our prayers is but like the cr•ckling of thornes, that it cannot be heard for the noise that sin makes in the eares of the Lord. Thus it is, in this case, when we come before God in our sinnes, when a man comes into his presence, in his vnregeneracie.
But this is not all, be likewise, a man that is within the Covenant, may have a particular sin, (as you heard heretofore) that may intercept his prayers, and that may hinder the blessing So that, that sin must be removed before his prayers can be heard. It is true, the son abides in the house for ever, but yet the son may commit such […] offence, that his father may use him as a servant, he may deny his requests, and refuse them, when he comes to seeks any thing at his hands. And therefore, there must be a particular reconciliation, a particular repentance, that sin must be removed, and done away, that stands in the way. And therefore, this Method the Saints have kept in calling upon God: See in Daniel, and Ear, all of them. for the most part, when they make any complete prayer, we see, still they begin with humiliation, and confession of sins. And the reason of it is, that their persons might be clear, and innocent, that those […] might be removed, which would st•d in their way, and likewise, that is a ground of that in the […] Tim. […], 8. saith the Apostle there, I will, th• prers b