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I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also,…
I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also, or, A discourse touching prayer, from I Cor. 14.15 wherein is briefly discovered 1. What prayer is, 2. What it is to pray with the spirit, 3. What it is to pray with the spirit and with the understanding also / by John Bunyan.
London : Printed for the author, 1663
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.
It is expedient then that the Understanding should be occupied in Prayer, as well as the heart and mouth; I will pray with the Spirit, and I will pray with the Understanding also. That which is done with Understanding, is done more effectually, sensibly and heartily, (as I shall further show anon) than that which is done without it. Which made the Apostle pray for the Colossians, That ⟨p. 60⟩God would fill them with the knowledge of his Will, in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding, Col. 1. 9. And for the Ephesians, That God would give unto them the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation in the knowledge of him, Ephes. 1. 17. And so for the Philippians, That God would make them abound in knowledge, and in all judgment, Phil. 1. 9.
It is expedient then that the Understanding should be occupied in Prayer, as well as the heart and mouth; I will pray with the Spirit, and I will pray with the Understanding also. That which is done with Understanding, is done more effectually, sensibly and heartily, (as I shall further shew anon) than that which is done without it. Which made the Apostle pray for the Colossians, That ⟨p. 60⟩God would fill them with the knowledge of his Will, in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding, Col. 1. 9. And for the Ephesians, That God would give unto them the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation in the knowledge of him, Ephes. 1. 17. And so for the Philippians, That God would make them abound in knowledge, and in all judgment, Phil. 1. 9.