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Gospel-worship, or, The right manner of sanctifying the name of God in general and…
Gospel-worship, or, The right manner of sanctifying the name of God in general and particularly in these three great ordinances, viz. [brace] 1. hearing of the Word, 2. receiving the Lords Supper, 3. prayer / by Jeremiah Burroughs ; being the second of the seven volumes lately published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]Gospel-worship, or, The right manner of sanctifying the name of God in general and particularly in these three great ordinances, viz. [brace] 1. hearing of the Word, 2. receiving the Lords Supper, 3. prayer / by Jeremiah Burroughs ; being the second of the seven volumns lately published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1653
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Another holy disposition in prayer should be this; The soul ⟨p. 295⟩should come with a holy freedom, with the Spirit of adoption to God, crying Abba, Father; if thou comest to God merely as to a Judg; though it's true, those that do not know that God loves them, yet bound as creatures to pray, but thou canst never sanctify the Name of God, till thou hast a child-like Spirit, the spirit of adoption; the Lord loves to have his Children come with freedom of Spirit to Himself in prayer, to come as Children, and not to come with dejected countenance, and discouraged hearts; but come freely to open thy heart to God, as any child would open his heart to a gracious and loving Father.
Another holy disposition in prayer should be this; The soul ⟨p. 295⟩should come with a holy freedom, with the Spirit of adoption to God, crying Abba, Father; if thou comest to God meerly as to a Judg; though it's true, those that do not know that God loves them, yet bound as creatures to pray, but thou canst never sanctifie the Name of God, til thou hast a child-like Spirit, the spirit of adoption; the Lord loves to have his Children come with freedom of Spirit to Himself in prayer, to come as Children, and not to come with dejected countenance, and discouraged hearts; but come freely to open thy heart to God, as any child would open his heart to a gratious and loving Father.
Another disposition is fervency in Prayer; the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much, and that will be a means to help against vain thoughts too; as when the Honey is scalding hot then the flies will not come to it; if thy heart were as it were scalding hot in prayer thou wouldest not have such vain thoughts,