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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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So that is the thing, that you are now to observe, That the spirit must h•lpe our infirmities, when we come to call upon God, and our prayers be so far acceptable as they be the fruits of the regenerate part; now we want but one thing to add in the definition. They are such prayers as are offered to God in the name of Jesus Christ.
So that is the thing, that you are now to obserue, That the spirit must h•lpe our infirmities, when we come to call vpon God, and our prayers bee so farre acceptable as they bee the fruits of the regenerate part; now we want but one thing to adde in the definition. They are such prayers as are offered to God in the name of Iesus Christ.
This is a thing that you all know, that those 1prayers that are not offered up in Christ, are not acceptable, because the person is not regarded. It was the sin of Uzzi• in the 2. Chron. 26. he 2would go to the Temple himself being a King on the throne, and he would offer incense without a Priest. We do the very self-same thing, whensoever we go to offer up any prayer to God without Christ Jesus▪ In the old […] men might bring their sacrifices, but still the Priest must off• them; so must w•e here▪ and the reason is given, ⟨p. 11⟩Reu. 8. because the prayers that come from