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Divine meditations and holy contemplations. By that reverend divine R. Sibbes D.D. Master of…Divine meditations and holy contemplations. By that reverende divine R. Sibbes D.D. Master of…
Divine meditations and holy contemplations. By that reverend divine R. Sibbes D.D. Master of Catherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Gray's Inn in LondonDivine meditations and holy contemplations. By that reverende divine R. Sibbes D.D. Master of Catherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Grayes Inne in London
London: printed by Tho. Cotes for John Crooke and Richard Sergier, 1638London: printed by Tho. Cotes for Iohn Crooke and Richard Sergier, 1638
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A child of God may §165pray and not be heard, because at that time he may be a child of anger: if any sin lie unrepented of, we are not in a case fit ⟨p. 113⟩to pray, will a King regard the petition of a Traitor, that purposeth to go on in his rebellion. Therefore when we come to God, we should renew our purposes of better pleasing him, and then remember the Scripture, and search all the Promises as part of our best riches, and when we have them, we should challenge God with his promise, and this will make us strong and faithful in our prayers, when we know we never pray to him in vain.
A child of God may §165pray and not be heard, because at that time hee may be a child of anger: if any sinne lie unrepented of, we are not in a case fit ⟨p. 113⟩to pray, will a King regard the petition of a Traytor, that purposeth to goe on in his rebellion. Therefore when wee come to God, we should renew our purposes of better pleasing him, and then remember the Scripture, and search all the Promises as part of our best riches, and when wee have them, we should challenge God with his promise, and this will make us strong and faithfull in our prayers, when we know we never pray to him in vaine.
When we pray; God §166oftentimes refuseth to give us comfort, because we are not in good terms with him, therefore we ⟨p. 114⟩should still look back to our life past, perhaps God sees thee running to this or that sin, and before he will hear thee, thou must renew thy repentance for that sin: for our nature is such, that it will knock at every door, and seek every corner before we will come to God, as the woman in the Gospel, she sold all before she came to Christ. So that God will not hear before we forsake all helps, and all false dependence upon the creature, and then he get the greatest glory, and we have the greatest sweetness to our souls: th water that comes from the