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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.
I shall conclude this Discourse with this Word of Advice to all Gods People.
I. Believe, that as sure as you are in the Way of God, you must meet with Temptations. II. The first day therefore that thou dost enter into Christ his Congregation, look for them. ⟨p. 116⟩III. When they do come, beg of God to carry thee through them. IV. Be jealous of thine own heart, that it deceive thee not in thy Evidences for Heaven, nor in thy walking with God in this world. V. Take heed of the flatteries of false Brethren. VI. Keep in the Life and Power of Truth. VII. Look most at the things which are not seen. ⟨p. 117⟩VIII. Take heed of little sins. IX. Keep the Promise warm upon thy heart. X. Renew thy acts of Faith in the Blood of Christ. XI. Consider the Work of thy Generation. XII. Count to run with the foremost therein.
I. BElieve, that as sure as you are in the Way of God, you must meet with Temptations. II. The first day therefore that thou dost enter into Christ his Congregation, look for them. ⟨p. 116⟩III. When they do come, beg of God to carry thee through them. IV. Be jealous of thine own heart, that it deceive thee not in thy Evidences for Heaven, nor in thy walking with God in this world. V. Take heed of the flatteries of false Brethren. VI. Keep in the Life and Power of Truth. VII. Look most at the things which are not seen. ⟨p. 117⟩VIII. Take heed of little sins. IX. Keep the Promise warm upon thy heart. X. Renew thy acts of Faith in the Blood of Christ. XI. Consider the Work of thy Generation. XII. Count to run with the foremost therein.