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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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Fourthly, All Christians don't a-like improve their Communion with God in their Closets; and therefore all Christians don't enjoy Communion with God a-like in their Closets. Some Christians do make a more wise, a more humble, a more holy, a more faithful, a more fruitful, and a more constant improvement of their Closet-Communion with God than others do, and therefore they are blest with higher degrees of Communion with God than others are: Some Christians do ⟨p. 359⟩more improve their Closet-Communion with God against the world, the flesh, and the Devil, than others do; and therefore no wonder if they do enjoy more Communion with God in their Closets than others do.
Fourthly, All Christians don't a-like improve their Communion with God in their Closets; and therefore all Christians don't enjoy Communion with God a-like in their Closets. Some Christians do make a more wise, a more humble, a more holy, a more faithful, a more fruitful, and a more constant improvement of their Closet-Communion with God than others do, and therefore they are blest with higher degrees of Communion with God than others are: Some Christians do ⟨p. 359⟩more improve their Closet-Communion with God against the world, the flesh, and the Devil, than others doe; and therefore no wonder if they do enjoy more Communion with God in their Closets than others do.
Fifthly, All Christians do not a-like need Communion with God in their Closets; and therefore all Christians have not a-like Communion with God in their Closets. All Christians have not alike place in the mystical body of Christ, 1some rule, and others are ruled; now every man stands in more or less need of Communion with God, according to the place that he bears in the body of Christ. Again, all Christians have not a-like burdens to bear, nor a-like difficulties to encounter with, nor a like dangers to escape, nor a-like temptations to wrestle with, nor a-like passions and corruptions to mortify, nor a-like mercies and experiences to improve, &c. and therefore all Christians don't need alike