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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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5. We are to be attentive to all those concomitant graces, without which Prayer is like a Bird without wings, or a rusty Key; Zeal and fervency, and faith in the promise and power of God are necessarily required, for Without faith it's impossible to please God; Heb. 11. This is the life and soul of all, There must be also heavenly mindedness, and a hatred of all sin, otherwise we are not fit to have any communion with God.
5. We are to be attentive to all those concomitant graces, without which Praier is like a Bird without wings, or a rusty Key; Zeal and fervency, and faith in the promise and power of God are necessarily required, for Without faith it's impossible to please God; Heb. 11. This is the life and soul of all, There must be also heavenly mindednesse, and a hatred of all sin, otherwise we are not fit to have any communion with God.
Lastly, We are to attend to the end we have in our Prayer for lawful temporal things, Jam. 4.7. You ask and have not because you ask amiss; You ask to spend on your lusts, and this is very difficult, to ask health, life, and strength for no other end, but thereby to glorify God and promote his Kingdom; Thus briefly because not principally intended, to declare how great a matter it is to pray.
Lastly, We are to attend to the end we have in our Praier for lawful temporal things, Jam. 4.7. You ask and have not because you ask amisse; You ask to spend on your lusts, and this is very difficult, to ask health, life, and strength for no other end, but thereby to glorifie God and promote his Kingdom; Thus briefly because not principally intended, to declare how great a matter it is to pray.