A25478:1674
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 15 › Question 3 › Direction 8 › Direction 4 › Direction 7: Direction 7.
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What if I were to give an account to God immediately how I pray, and Q. 10 should appear at his Bar as soon as I rise from off my knees? Should I then be formal and lukewarm?
Am I come to have communion with God? to pray down my sin? to please Q. 11 God and profit my Soul? Will careless praying do it?
What if those that join in Prayer with me could look into my heart, and Q. 12 see how I do discharge my duty? Should I not be ashamed of many of my ⟨p. 344⟩thoughts, and of the deadness of my heart? and is not the eye of God ten thousand times more to awe my heart than the knowledge of a fellow Creature?
What if those that joyn in Prayer with me could look into my heart, and Q. 12 see how I do discharge my duty? Should I not be ashamed of many of my ⟨p. 344⟩thoughts, and of the deadness of my heart? and is not the eye of God ten thousand times more to awe my heart than the knowledg of a fellow Creature?