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The privy key of heaven, or, Twenty arguments for closet-prayer in a select discourse…The privie key of heaven, or, Twenty arguments for closet-prayer in a select discourse…
The privy key of heaven, or, Twenty arguments for closet-prayer in a select discourse on that subject with the resolution of several considerable questions : the main objections also against closet-prayer are here answered ... with twenty special lessons ... that we are to learn by that severe rod, the pestilence that now rageth in the midst of us / by Thomas Brooks.The privie key of heaven, or, Twenty arguments for closet-prayer in a select discourse on that subject with the resolution of several considerable questions : the main objections also against closet-prayer are here answered ... with twenty special lessons ... that we are to learn by that severe rod, the pestilence that now rageth in the midst of us / by Thomas Brooks.
London : Printed for and are to be sold by John Hancock, 1665
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And being greatly diseased in his feet, he sought to the Physicians, and not to the Lord; and yet this mans prayer was wonderful prevalent with God. 2 Chron. 14. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. The Saints infirmities can never 1make void those gracious promises, by which God stands engaged to hearken to the prayers of his people. Gods hearing of our prayers doth not depend upon sanctification, but upon Christ's intercession; not upon what we are in our selves, but upon what we are in the Lord Jesus; both our persons and our prayers, are acceptable in the beloved, Ephes. 1. 6. 1 Pet. 2. 5. When God hears our prayers, 'tis neither for our own sakes, nor yet for our prayers sake; but 'tis for his own sake, and his sons sake, and his glory sake, and his promise sake, &c.
And being greatly diseased in his feet, he sought to the Physitians, and not to the Lord; and yet this mans prayer was wonderful prevalent with God. 2 Chron. 14. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. The Saints infirmities can never 1make void those gracious promises, by which God stands engaged to hearken to the prayers of his people. Gods hearing of our prayers doth not depend upon sanctification, but upon Christ's intercession; not upon what we are in our selves, but upon what we are in the Lord Jesus; both our persons and our prayers, are acceptable in the beloved, Ephes. 1. 6. 1 Pet. 2. 5. When God hears our prayers, 'tis neither for our own sakes, nor yet for our prayers sake; but 'tis for his own sake, and his sons sake, and his glory sake, and his promise sake, &c.