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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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First, you shall strengthen your faith, if you consider the nature of God. Beloved, this is a 1great cause why we believe not the promise of God, and his readiness to help us in difficult cases; because we are ignorant of the nature of God, of the Attributes of God, or, at least, we do not consider them. For example, (that I may open it to you a little, and show you the way of making use of the Attributes of God, in calling upon him, and strengthening our faith from them) consider, first, the Justice of God, (I will give you examples, how the Saints have still strengthened their faith from Gods Attributes) David used this ⟨p. 109⟩Argument, Lord, thou art Just, I am Innocent; when 2he telleth God of his Justice, and withal expresseth his own innocency, it is a strong Argument. David, you see, useth it oft, (I need not to name particulars. Lord reward me according to mine Innocency, &c.) thou knowest I am righteous, and mine enemies have done me thus, and thus much wrong, and thou art Just: God cannot deny this; for it is a strong argument, that is taken from such an attribute.
First, you shall strengthen your faith, if you consider the nature of God. Beloved, this is a 1great cause why wee beleeve not the promise of God, and his readinesse to helpe vs in difficult cases; because wee are ignorant of the nature of God, of the Attributes of God, or, at least, we doe not consider them. For example, (that I may open it to you a little, and shew you the way of making vse of the Attributes of God, in calling vpon him, and strengthning our faith from them) consider, first, the Iustice of God, (I will giue you examples, how the Saints haue still strengthned their faith from Gods Attributes) David vsed this ⟨p. 109⟩Argument, Lord, thou art Iust, I am Innocent; when 2he telleth God of his Iustice, and withall expresseth his owne innocencie, it is a strong Argument. David, you see, vseth it oft, (I neede not to name particulars. Lord reward mee according to mine Innocencie, &c.) thou knowest I am righteous, and mine enemies haue done mee thus, and thus much wrong, and thou art Iust: God cannot denie this; for it is a strong argument, that is taken from such an attribute.