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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
For the outward man, it deprives you of the blessing; put the case, you have never so good 1success in your enterprises; put the case you have outward comforts in abundance, yet still the blessing is wanting, and not only so, but it uncovers the roof, as it were, and the curse is rained down upon your tables, upon your meat and drink, upon all the endeavours, and all the enterprises you take in hand. We consider not what we do, when we neglect this duty, what dangers we expose our selves unto from day to day: for it is one thing to have outward comforts, and another thing to have the blessing with them.
For the outward man, it deprives you of the blessing; put the case, you haue never so good 1successe in your enterprizes; put the case you haue outward comforts in abundance, yet still the blessing is wanting, and not onely so, but it vncovers the roofe, as it were, and the curse is rayned downe vpon your tables, vpon your meat and drinke, vpon all the endeavours, and all the enterprizes you take in hand. We consider not what we doe, when we neglect this duty, what dangers we expose our selues vnto from day to day: for it is one thing to haue outward comforts, and another thing to haue the blessing with them.
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Besides, consider what loss you suffer in the inward man, when you neglect this duty at any 1time: for that is ready to be distempered; and to go out of order, it is ready to contract hardness, to contract soil, spiritual grace is ready to decay. It falls out with mans heart, as it doth with a garden that is neglected; it will quickly be overcome with weeds, if you look not diligently 2