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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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You must come thus to the Lord, and say unto him, Lord, I confess (notwithstanding all this) I am unworthy, I have nothing in me, why thou shouldest regard me, it cannot be, that either I, or my prayer should be acceptable, but I beseech thee, take them at the hands of Christ, our High Priest, he, that is entered into the veil, he, that takes the prayers of the Saints, and mingles ⟨p. 142⟩them […] when a […] can really do this, wit• dependence upon Christ, and come boldly in his name, that is to offer a sacrifice to him, and this we must carefully remember; and therefore we see an excellent expression of this in Levit. 5. where this is made clear to you, that it is not any excellency in the person, 1not any fervency in the prayer, not any pureness, or holiness that is found in him, nothing that come• from man, that causeth his prayer to to be acceptable, but it is th• priest, in that place from verse […]. to the 11. you shall find there the law was, that he that came to sacrifice, must bring a sheep, or a she goat, but if he were not so rich as to do so, he was able enough to bring two • tle doves; if yet he were not able to do that, then, saith the text, he shall bring the tenth part of an Epha of fine flour, (a very small thing) and, saith he, let him give this to the priest, and he shall make an atonement for him, and his sin shall be forgiven. Whence I observe this, that it is not the goodness of the sacrifice, the price, nor the […], nor the excellency of that, when they came with a thousand •ammes, •nd so many sheep, and bullocks, (as you read of many great sacrifices, that were offered by the Kings) yet the tenth part of an Epha of fine flower, which was exceeding little, this prevailed fully as much; it shows evidently, that it is not in the sacrifice, but the poorest, and the […], and the meanest sacrifice will prev• with God, as well as the richest, and the greatest. What is the reason? for, saith ⟨p. 143⟩