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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.
What wilt thou do when thou shalt be damned in Hell, because thou couldst not find in thine heart to ask for Heaven?
Who will grieve for thy sorrow, that didst not count mercy worth asking for?
I tell thee, the ravens, the dogs, &c. shall rise up in judgement against thee, for they will according to their kind, make signs, and a noise for something to refresh them when they want it; but thou hast not the heart to ask for Heaven, though thou must eternally perish in Hell, if thou hast it not.
2. This rebukes you that make it your business to slight, mock at, and undervalue the Spirit, and praying by that.
What will you do, when God shall come to reckon for these things?