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…

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• pr•ers b• ¹made in all places, that you life up p• […] without […] and […]: The meaning i• this, not only, that a man be within the Co•, b• ⟨p. 105⟩that he be cleansed from all particular sins, that might cleave to him, and hang upon him. As, for example, when thou wouldest be accepted of God, if there be any particular sin hang on thee, that musty be removed by renewing thy repentance, and besides that, see what the Scripture takes notice of, when a man comes to pray, his heart must be cleansed from pride, (for God resists the proud) his heart must be brought to an humble disposition; likewise it must be cleansed from wrath, he must list up pure hands without wrath; this is oft required. Matth. 5. Leave thine offering, ²