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The doctrine of the law and grace unfolded, or, A discourse touching the law…
The doctrine of the law and grace unfolded, or, A discourse touching the law and grace the nature of the one and the nature of the other, showing what they are as they are the two covenants ... wherein for the better understanding of the reader there is several questions answered touching the law and grace ... : also several titles set over the several truths contained in this book, for thy sooner finding of them, which are those following the epistle / published by that poor and contemptible creature, John Bunyan of Bedford.The doctrine of the law and grace unfolded, or, A discourse touching the law and grace the nature of the one and the nature of the other, shewing what they are as they are the two covenants ... wherein for the better understanding of the reader there is several questions answered touching the law and grace ... : also several titles set over the several truths contained in this book, for thy sooner finding of them, which are those following the epistle / published by that poor and contemptible creature, John Bunyan of Bedford.
London: printed for Nath. Ponder, 1685
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.
Answ. To Pray, is not for thee to down on thy Knees, and say over a many Scripture words only; for that thou mayst do, and yet do nothing but babble: But if thou from a sense of thy baseness canst groan out thy Hearts desire before the Lord, he will hear thee, and grant thy desire; for he can tell what is the meaning of the groanings of the Spirit, Rom. 8. 26, 27.
Answ. To Pray, is not for thee to down on thy Knees, and say over a many Scripture words only; for that thou may'st do, and yet do nothing but babble: But if thou from a sense of thy baseness canst groan out thy Hearts desire before the Lord, he will hear thee, and grant thy desire; for he can tell what is the meaning of the groanings of the Spirit, Rom. 8. 26, 27.
Object. O, but I am afraid to Pray, for fear my Prayers should be counted as sin in the sight of the great God.
Answ. That is a good sign that thy Prayers are more than bare words, and have some prevalence at the Throne of Grace through Christ Jesus, or else the Devil would never seek to labour to beat thee off from Prayer, by undervaluing thy Prayers, telling thee they are Sin; for the best Prayers he will call the worst, and the worst he will call the best, or else how should he be a Liar.