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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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Tenthly, Observe what sin that is, that the rest of your corruptions are most serviceable to, and that they most attend ⟨image 34⟩upon: Mark what sin that is, that all other sins do most bow the knee to: Mark that sin that hath a commanding power over all other sins, that saith to one, go, and he goeth, & to another, come, and he cometh: Mark what sin that is, that is still uppermost, and that all other sins do most minister to. You know when a man hath a great wound in his body, all the ill humours will run thither. Observe what sin that is, that all the ill humours of the soul do most run after, for 'tis very likely that that is the very sin that God would have brought under by the Rod. But,
Tenthly, Observe what sin that is, that the rest of your corruptions are most serviceable to, and that they most attend ⟨image 34⟩upon: Mark what sin that is, that all other sins doe most bow the knee to: Mark that sin that hath a commanding power over all other sins, that saith to one, go, and he goeth, & to another, come, and he cometh: Mark what sin that is, that is still uppermost, and that all other sins do most minister to. You know when a man hath a great wound in his body, all the ill humours will run thither. Observe what sin that is, that all the ill humours of the soul do most run after, for 'tis very likely that that is the very sin that God would have brought under by the Rod. But,
Eleventhly, Observe what that sin is, that your hearts are most apt to hide, and cloak, & cover over with the most specious, and fair pretences. Saul ⟨image 35⟩had a covetous desire, and he 1covers it over with fair pretences, as that the people would have it so, and that what was spared was for sacrifice. Caesars favour was the great