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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 partly also, because prayer brings us to Communion with God. Now, if good company 1increase grace, how much more will Communion with the Lord himself quicken and increase it.
And partly also, because prayer brings vs to Communion with God. Now, if good company 1increase grace, how much more will Communion with the Lord himselfe quicken and increase it.
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Moreover, this duty is required, that we may 1be acquainted with God: for there is a strangene, between the Lord and us, when we do not call upon his name. It is the command which you sh•l find i• Job 22. 21. Acquaint thy self with the 2Lord […] th• ma•st have peace with him, and th•u shalt have prosperity. Now, you know how acquaintance ⟨p. 14⟩grows amongst men; it is by conversing together, by speaking one to another. On 3the other side; we say when that is broken off, when they salute not, when they speak not together, a strangeness growe•; so it is in this: when we come to the Lord; and are frequent, and fervent in this duy of calling upon him, we grow acquainted with him, and without it we grow strangers, and the Lord dwells aarre off, we are not able to behold him, except we be accustomed to it, and the more we come into his presence, the more we are acquainted with hi. Therefore that is another reason why we should use this, that we may get acquaintance with the Lord.