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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
I will pray with the Spirit, and I will pray with the understanding… › Part 1: I. What Prayer is.
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.
I. What Prayer is.
For the first, What Prayer is.
Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the heart or soul ⟨p. 5⟩to God through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the holy Spirit, for such things as God hath promised, or, according to the Word, for the good of the Church, with submission, in Faith, to the Will of God.
In this Description are these seven things.
1. It is a sincere, 2. A sensible, 3. An affectionate pouring out of the soul to God through Christ, 4. By the strength or assistance of the Spirit, 5. For such things as God hath promised, or, according to his Word, 6. For the good of the Church, 7. With submission in Faith to the Will of God.