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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.
The woman of Canaan would not take seeming denials for real ones; she knew the Lord was gracious, Luke 18. 1, to 6. And the Lord will avenge his People, though he bear long with them. The Lord hath waited longer upon me, than I have waited on him▪ And thus it was with David, I ⟨p. 71⟩waited patiently, saith he: That is, It was long before the Lord answered me, though at the last he inclined his ear unto me, and heard my cry, Psal. 40. 1.
The woman of Canaan would not take seeming denyals for real ones; she knew the Lord was gracious, Luke 18. 1, to 6. And the Lord will avenge his People, though he bear long with them. The Lord hath waited longer upon me, than I have waited on him▪ And thus it was with David, I ⟨p. 71⟩waited patiently, saith he: That is, It was long before the Lord answered me, though at the last he enclined his ear unto me, and heard my cry, Psal. 40. 1.
And the most excellent remedy for this, is an understanding well informed and enlightened.
Alas, how many poor souls are there in the world, that truly fear the Lord; who, because they are not well informed in their understanding, are oft ready to give up all for lost, upon almost every trick and temptation of Satan! The Lord pity them, and help them to pray with the Spirit, and with the Understanding also.