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A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…
A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers
London: printed for Thomas Cockerill, 1676
Sermon 14: Quest. How to manage secret Prayer, that it may be prevalent with God to the comfort an…
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.
But so much for the main Question with its branches. There be many particular queries of some weight that may attend the princ pal subject, and such I shall briefly reply to, as
Qu, 1. What's the proper time for secret prayer?
Ans. Various providences, different temperaments and frames of spirit, motions from heaven, opportunities dictate variously. Some find it best at even, others in the night, when all is silent, others at morning, when the spirits are freshest. I think with respect to others, that conscientious prudence must guide in such cases, when others are retired and the spirit in the best frame for communion.
Qu. 2. How often should we pray in secret?