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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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And lastly, if there be any conscience of […], (that phrase I find used in Heb. 10) that is, if 1there be an evil conscience, if a man be conscious to himself, of any sin, that is unrepented of, such a man cannot pray, that makes him unholy; if there be any sinful lust yet living in him, that is, unmortified in him, which is not washed away, such a man is unholy: yea, my Beloved, the Saints themselves, when they sin against God, as you heard heretofore, they are suspended from the covenant: though they be within the covenant, yet they are suspended from receiving the benefit by it, that otherwise they might have: till that sin be washed away, they are not holy. A priest, or one that was holy, if he touched any unclean thing, he remained unholy, ⟨p. 129⟩till he was washed, though otherwise he were holy habitually, wholly dedicated to Gods service; so it may be with those, that are within the covenant, though thou be a holy •an, yet, if thou touch pitch, that is, if thy heart be polluted with any sin, of one kind or other, as long as that remains, thou art unholy. If thou come now, and seek to the Lord, you know wha• the judgement was in the old law, such a one was to be cut off from his people. And therefore, you shall find, this was the constant practise of the Saints; when they sought the Lord for any special mercy, they began with taking pains with their own hearts, with humbling themselves for their own sins, and the sins of the people: as, we know, Daniel, and Ezra, and David, in their prayers, (I need not stand to give you instances) and indeed so should we always, when we come with any request, and petition to the Lord.
And lastly, if there be any conscience of 〈…〉, (that phrase I finde vsed in Heb. 10) that is, if 1there be an evill conscience, if a man be conscious to himselfe, of any sinne, that is vnrepented of, such a man cannot pray, that makes him vnholy; if there be any sinfull lust yet living in him, that is, vnmortified in him, which is not washed away, such a man is vnholy: yea, my Beloved, the Saints themselues, when they sin against God, as you heard heretofore, they are suspended from the covenant: though they be within the covenant, yet they are suspended from receiving the benefit by it, that otherwise they might have: till that sinne be washed away, they are not holy. A priest, or one that was holy, if hee touched any uncleane thing, he remained vnholy,