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CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, or, Christs prayer before his passion explicated, and both practically and polemically improved by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656
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Sermon 24: Of vain Tautology in Prayer; And what Repetitions in Prayer are such, and what not; She…
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In the matter of the Petition we shall not take notice of the matter it self because handled before.
But 1. Whereas our Saviour within so little a space, doth repeat the same Petition twice, We observe,
That Repetition of the same matter in a Prayer is not always a sinful Tautology, 1but is sometimes lawful, yea, useful and necessary: None can think that our Saviour in whom is the Treasure of Wisdom, and who is the essential Word of God, who also giveth the gifts of prayer to the Church, that he himself should be straitened either for matter or words, but this ingemination proceeds from some other excellent ground.
That Repetition of the same matter in a Praier is not alwaies a sinful Tautology, 1but is sometimes lawful, yea, useful and necessary: None can think that our Saviour in whom is the Treasure of Wisedom, and who is the essentiall Word of God, who also giveth the gifts of praier to the Church, that he himself should be straitned either for matter or words, but this ingemination proceeds from some other excellent ground.
- 1Doct. That Repetition of rhe same matter in prayer is not always sinful Tautology but very necessary. To open the Point consider these things.Doct. That Repetition of rhe same matter in praier is not alwaies sinfull Tautology but very necessary. To open the Point consider these things.