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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.
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, Psal. 130. 6. I will arise now, and seek him whom my soul loveth, Cant. 3. 2.
For mark, I beseech you, there is two things that provoke to Prayer: One is, a detestation to sin, and the things of this life; The other is, a longing desire after Communion with God, in an holy and undefiled state and inheritance.