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A discourse of the building, nature, excellency, and government of the house of God…
A discourse of the building, nature, excellency, and government of the house of God With counsels and directions to the inhabitants thereof. By John Bunyan of Bedford.
London : printed, and are to be sold by George Larkin, at the Two Swans without Bishopsgate, 1688
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.
4. As we forgive, so we must watch and pray For Enemies we have, that night and day, Should we not watch, would soon our Grace• spoile• Should we not pray, would our poor Souls defile•
Without a watch, resist a Foe who can? Who prays not, is not like to play the man; Complain that he is overcome, he may; But who would win the Field, must Watch and Pray▪ Who watches, should know who and who's together Know we not Friends from Foes, how know we whether▪ Of them to Fight, or which to entertain? Some have instead of Foes, Familiars slain: Sometimes a Lust will get into the place, Or Work, or Office, of some worthy grace; Till it has brought our Souls to great decay. Unless we diligently Watch and Pray, Our Pride will our Humility precede; By the' Nose, our Unbelief our Faith will lead. Self-love will be where Self-Denial should; And Passion heat, what Patience sometime cold: And thus it will be with us Night and Day Unless we diligently Watch and Pray.1
Without a watch, resist a Foe who can? Who prays not, is not like to play the man; Complain that he is overcome, he may; But who would win the Field, must Watch and Pray▪ Who watches, should know who and who's together Know we not Friends from Foes, how know we whether▪ Of them to Fight, or which to entertain? Some have instead of Foes, Familiars slain: Sometimes a Lust will get into the place, Or Work, or Office, of some worthy grace; Till it has brought our Souls to great decay. Unless we diligently Watch and Pray, Our Pride will our Humility precede; By th' Nose, our Unbelief our Faith will lead. Self-love will be where Self-Denyal should; And Passion heat, what Patience sometime coold: And thus it will be with us Night and Day Unless we diligently Watch and Pray.