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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
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.
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,
Next there must be constancy in prayer; in 1 Thess. 5. 17. by that I mean this, never to give over until we have that we pray for, or something else in lieu of it; it may be thou hast prayed and nothing is come of it; but not discouraged thou hast to deal with a great God, and therefore pray again and again, & again, and pray with this resolution, Well, let God do with me what he will, I will as long as I live call upon Him, and if God shall cast me away, yet he shall cast me away calling upon Him, as the poor woman of Canaan when Christ called her dog, and discouraged her, yet still she will pray; I but Dogs may have crumbs, that heart is in an ill condition that is discouraged in prayer, because it doth not get what he would, and therefore to think themselves I had as good not pray at all, take heed of any such thoughts.
Next there must be constancie in prayer; in 1 Thess. 5. 17. by that I mean this, never to give over until we have that we pray for, or somthing else in leiu of it; it may be thou heast prayed and nothing is come of it; but not discouraged thou hast to deale with a great God, and therefore pray againe and againe, & again, and pray with this resolution, Well, let God do with me what he will, I will as long as I live call upon Him, and if God shall cast me away, yet he shall cast me away calling upon Him, as the poor woman of Canaan when Christ called her dog, and discouraged her, yet stil she will pray; I but Dogs may have crums, that heart is in an ill condition that is discouraged in prayer, because it doth not get what he would, and therefore to think themselves I had as good not pray at all, take heed of any such thoughts.