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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 3 › Section › Answer.
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2. By the mercy he hath extended to great sinners formerly; and plead thine own vileness by way of bemoaning, Christs blood by way of expostulation; and in thy prayers, let the mercy that he hath extended to other great sinners, together with his rich promises of grace, be much upon thy heart. Yet let me counsel thee.
1. Take heed that thou content not thy self with words.
2. That thou do not think that God looks only at them neither. But.
3. However, whether thy words be few or many, let thine heart go with them; And then shalt thou seek him, and find him, when thou shalt seek him with thy whole heart, Jer. 29. 13.