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The marrow of the oracles of God. Or, divers treatisesThe marrovv of the oracles of God. Or, diuers treatises
The marrow of the oracles of God. Or, divers treatises containing directions about six of the weightiest things can concern a Christian in this life. by N. Bifield, late preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.The marrovv of the oracles of God. Or, diuers treatises containing directions about sixe of the waightiest things can concerne a Christian in this life. by N. Bifield, late preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.
London: printed by John Legatt, 1630
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.
2. Freedom from distractions: thy heart must be cleansed from passions and lusts: thy prayer must be without wrath, 1 Tim. […]. 8. And as the distractions arising from passion must be avoided, so must all other distractions.
2. Freedome from distractions: thy heart must be cleansed from passions and lusts: thy prayer must bee without wrath, 1 Tim. 〈…〉. 8. And as the distractions arising from passion must be auoided, so must al other distractions.
3. Fervency, or the stretching out of the affections according to the matter of prayer; thou must express the affections of prayer: for God looks at the prayer of thy heart, not at the prayer of thy lips only.
3. Feruencie, or the stretching out of the affections according to the matter of prayer; thou must expresse the affections of prayer: for God lookes at the prayer of thy heart, not at the prayer of thy lips onely.
3. Thou must pray with all 1manner of prayer, according to the occasions of prayer. Thou must pray at thy set times daily, and thou must pray also with ejaculations (as the Divines call them) that is, those sudden and short speeches to God, when thy heart is moved upon special occasion. Thou must use Supplications, Deprecations, Intercessions, Confessions, giving of thanks, or the like, according to thy necessities, or the other occasions of thy life. Thou must strive to get a fitness and language to speak unto God for thy self in thine own words, as may best express the desires of thine heart,