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Casuistical morning-exercises the fourth volume /
Casuistical morning-exercises the fourth volume / by several ministers in and about London, preached in October, 1689.
London: printed by James Astwood for John Dunton, 1690
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(4.) We ought to pray and strive, That all the Powers and Faculties of the whole man may be filled according to their measures. There is much room in our Souls that is not furnished; much waste ground there that is not cultivated and improved to its utmost: We might have more light in the Understanding, more tractableness in the Will, more heat in our Love, and a sharper edge set upon our Zeal: And we have warrant to pray for this measure of the fullness of God, 1 Thess. 5.23. Now the God of peace sanctify you wholly, and I pray God your whole Spirit, Soul and Body may be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(4.) We ought to pray and strive, That all the Powers and Faculties of the whole man may be filled according to their measures. There is much room in our Souls that is not furnish'd; much waste ground there that is not cultivated and improved to its utmost: We might have more light in the Understanding, more tractableness in the Will, more heat in our Love, and a sharper edge set upon our Zeal: And we have warrant to pray for this measure of the fulness of God, 1 Thess. 5.23. Now the God of peace sanctifie you wholly, and I pray God your whole Spirit, Soul and Body may be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(5.) Every gracious Soul ought to pray and strive for such a measure of Grace, that he may be qualified for any Duty and Service that God shall call him to, and engage him in. The Hebrew word, which we render Consecration, or separation to an Office, is Filling the hand, Exod. 29.9. Consecrate ye Aaron and his Sons, in the Hebrew, Fill the hand of Aaron and his Sons: Where God employs the hand, he will fill the hand; we have ground to believe that he will send us about no Errand, but he will bear our Charges; where-ever he gives a Commission, he will bestow a competent qualification; when we go about his Work, we may expect his presence and assistance in the Work: And Moses seems to stand upon these terms with God,