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The saints inheritance and the worldlings portion representing the glorious condition of a child…
The saints inheritance and the worldlings portion representing the glorious condition of a child of God and the misery of having ones portion in this world, unfolding the state of true happiness with the marks, means, and members thereof / by Jer. Burroughs.The saints inheritance and the worldlings portion representing the glorious condition of a child of God and the misery of having ones portion in this world, unfolding the state of true happiness with the marks, means, and members thereof / by Ier. Burroughs.
London: printed for Francis Eglesfield, 1657
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.
So, Jam. 5.16. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. There is but one word in the original, [Greek or Hebrew], the working prayer; but it is translated by two, effectual, fervent. Surely then prayer and seeking of God is the ordinance which he hath appointed for the turning about of the great affairs of the world. T• is the engine that doth it inwardly▪ there are indeed a great many outward wheels used, but the spring of all is within, prayer turns all about. God never made use of any created power so much as of this. He never did such great things by any created power as by the ordinance of prayer. The Word is appointed for the converting of souls, but a great part of the blessing of the Word dependeth on prayer.
So, Jam. 5.16. The effectuall fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. There is but one word in the originall, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the working prayer; but it is translated by two, effectuall, fervent. Surely then prayer and seeking of God is the ordinance which he hath appointed for the turning about of the great affairs of the world. T• is the engine that doth it inwardly▪ there are indeed a great many outward wheeles used, but the spring of all is within, prayer turns all about. God never made use of any created power so much as of this. He never did such great things by any created power as by the ordinance of prayer. The Word is appointed for the converting of souls, but a great part of the blessing of the Word dependeth on prayer.
In the opening of this point I will first give you some evidences of it; Secondly, ⟨p. 201⟩