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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
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.
My Second Advise and counsel is this, Take the fittest seasons and opportunities that possibly you can for Closet-prayer. Many take unfit seasons for private prayer, which do more obstruct ⟨p. 306⟩the importunity of the soul in prayer, than all the suggestions and instigations of Satan. As,
First, When the body is drowsy 1and sleepy, this is a very unfit season for closet-prayer. Take heed of laying cushions of sloth under your knees, or pillows of idleness under your elbows, or of mixing nods with your petitions, or of being drowsily devoted when you draw near to God in your closets.
First, When the body is drowsie 1and sleepy, this is a very unfit season for closet-prayer. Take heed of laying cushions of sloath under your knees, or pillows of idlenesse under your elbows, or of mixing nods with your petitions, or of being drowsily devoted when you draw neer to God in your closets.
Secondly, When a mans head and heart is filled with worldly 1cares and distractions, this is a very unfit season for closet-prayer.