A28622:44
The guard of the tree of life, or, A sacramental discourse showing a Christians…The guard of the tree of life, or, A sacramental discourse shewing a Christians…
The guard of the tree of life, or, A sacramental discourse showing a Christians privilege in approaching to God in ordinances, duty in his sacramental approaches, danger if he do not sanctify God in them / by Samuel Bolton ...The guard of the tree of life, or, A sacramental discourse shewing a Christians priviledge in approaching to God in ordinances, duty in his sacramentall approaches, danger if hee do not sanctifie God in them / by Samuel Bolton ...
London: printed by M. Simmons for A. Kembe, 1644
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.
5. Judge what cause there is to keep our hearts in a spiritual and holy frame; we have often to do with Ordinances, and when we have ⟨p. 15⟩to do with Ordinances, we have to do with God, we draw near to him. And therefore, what cause to get and keep our hearts in a holy temper, that we may be ever fit to close with God in them, and not have our hearts like bad servants, to seek when we are to use them. The Apostle bids us pray continually, it is not meant that we are ever to be upon our knees, ever in actual prayer, but seeing we are to pray so frequently, we are to get and keep our hearts in such an habitual frame and disposition, that they may be ever fit to close with God, when ever we are called out upon the duty.
5. Judge what cause there is to keep our hearts in a spirituall and holy frame; wee have often to do with Ordinances, and when we have ⟨p. 15⟩to do with Ordinances, we have to do with God, we draw neer to him. And therefore, what cause to get and keep our hearts in a holy temper, that we may be ever fit to close with God in them, and not have our hearts like bad servants, to seek when we are to use them. The Apostle bids us pray continually, it is not meant that wee are ever to be upon our knees, ever in actuall prayer, but seeing we are to pray so frequently, we are to get and keep our hearts in such an habituall frame and disposition, that they may be ever fit to close with God, when ever wee are called out upon the duty.
Were we but seldom to have to do with God, you might think there were no such need of keeping our hearts in frame; but seeing we are to do with him daily, who is so pure and holy a God, Oh, what manner of persons ought we to be? How exactly should we walk? Jerem. 7.9.10. Will ⟨p. 16⟩