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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.
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.1