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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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They are temporal things and spiritual both. A man may pray for temporal thing• in a spiritual 1manner, and the desire may be good; And […] he may pray for spiritual things in a carnal manner, and the desire may be naught. Therefore that must be observed withal, that it is not simply the object, but there is a certain manner of […]. For example, if a man pray for […] things, for o• […] comforts, […] things […] belong to the present […] of his body […]: If he pray for them with these conditions, that he prayeth for that which is convenient ⟨p. 5⟩for him, he prays for such a measure a• God se• to be […] […] ▪ […] with […] 2[…] for me, This prayer is good. Bu• (if a• 1. Tim. 6. If any […] will be rich) it is an inordinate desire when men will have excess of these outward things, and more then is […] for them. And again, if you desire that which is convenient, and spend it upon your […]; If you desire health▪ and long life, that you may live more pleasantly; If you desire wealth, that you may live more deliciously, and not simply that which the creature may desire, and •o the •nd that you may he the more enabled to se•e the Lord in these things, your desire is not good. So I say, first it must be for that which is convenient; secondly, you must not spend […] upon your […], but in Gods service.
They are temporall things and spiritual both. A man may pray for temporall thing• in a spirituall 1