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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, we must pray for them in a right method, First the Kingdom of God, and […] other things, that is, set a price on them, as you ought, not too high a price, but value them aright. We should so pray for outward things as our prayers may be spiritual. On the other side, a man may pray for spiritual things in a carnal manner, as for temporal things in a spiritual manner. A natural man may pray earnestly for saith and for grace, and repentance, not out of any beauty that he sees in them, not out of any taste and relish▪ that he hath of them, but because he thinks them a bridge to lead him to heaven and that he cannot come thither with out them: when he considers in his heart that he cannot be •ved without these things, I say, then he may ⟨p. 6⟩desire them, and desire t•em […]. It was the […], who cried so earnestly for grace, that he might have but a d•p of it, because he could not be saved without it, be gives the reason himself, he said withal, he saw no excellency in it, he desired it not for it self; and therefore he thought his prayers should not be heard. Thus you see that prayer is an expression of holy and good desires, and it is an offering them up to the Lord.1
And lastly, wee must pray for them in a right method, First the Kingdome of God, and 〈…〉 other things, that is, set a price on them, as you ought, not too high a price, but value them aright. We should so pray for outward things as our prayers may be spirituall. On the other side, a man may pray for spirituall things in a carnall manner, as for temporall things in a spirituall manner. A naturall man may pray •rnestly for saith and for grace, and repentance, not out of any beautie that he sees in them, not out of any taste and relish▪ that he hath of them, but because hee thinkes them a bridge to leade him to heaven and that hee cannot come thither with out them: when he considers in his heart that hee cannot be •ved without these things, I say, then hee may ⟨p. 6⟩