A30158:232
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.
First, To desire God in Christ, for Himself, for his Holiness, Love, Wisdom and Glory. For right Prayer, as it runs only to God through Christ, so it centres in him▪ and in him alone; Whom have I in Heaven but thee? and there is none in Earth that I desire (long for, or seek after) besides thee, Psal. 73. 25.
First, To desire God in Christ, for Himself, for his Holiness, Love, Wisdom and Glory. For right Prayer, as it runs onely to God through Christ, so it centers in him▪ and in him alone; Whom have I in Heaven but thee? and there is none in Earth that I desire (long for, or seek after) besides thee, Psal. 73. 25.
Secondly, That the soul might enjoy continual Communion with him, both here and hereafter. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thine Image, or in thy likeness, Psal. 17. 15. For in thee we groan earnestly, &c. 2 Cor. 5. 2.
Thirdly, Right Prayer is accompanied with a continual labour after that which is prayed for. My soul waiteth for the Lord, more than they that watch for the morning,