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A conference Mr. John Cotton held at Boston with the elders of New-England 1.…
A conference Mr. John Cotton held at Boston with the elders of New-England 1. concerning gracious conditions in the soul before faith, 2. evidencing justification by sanctification, 3. touching the active power of faith : twelve reasons against stinted forms of prayer and praise : together with the difference between the Christian and antichristian church / written by Francis Cornwall ...A conference Mr. John Cotton held at Boston with the elders of New-England 1. concerning gracious conditions in the soule before faith, 2. evidencing justification by sanctification, 3. touching the active power of faith : twelve reasons against stinted forms of prayer and praise : together with the difference between the Christian and antichristian church / written by Francis Cornwell ...
London: printed by J. Dawson, 1646
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.
It one set form of spiritual Worship in prayer and praises had been needful, Christ would have left one: But the Prophets, Christ, the Apostles, never prayed nor praised God by any set form of Worship invented by man; but by the powerful ⟨p. 57⟩work of the holy Spirit, Rom. 8. 26. Gal. 4. 6.
It one set form of spirituall Worship in prayer and praises had been needfull, Christ would have left one: But the Prophets, Christ, the Apostles, never prayed nor praised God by any set forme of Worship invented by man; but by the powerfull ⟨p. 57⟩worke of the holy Spirit, Rom. 8. 26. Gal. 4. 6.
A set form of Worship prescribed in prayer or praises, cannot in prayer express the several necessities of Gods people; for the more grace they have, the more they see their own wants; and the more sensible they are of their own infirmities, corruptions, and sins. Neither can it in praises express the manifold experiences that the Saints daily observe of Gods merciful dealing with them: Therefore a set Form of prayer or praises to Gods Saints, and faithful ones, principled with a spirit of prayer and praise, it is altogether unuseful; 1 Cor. 14. 15, 16.
A set forme of Worship prescribed in prayer or praises, cannot in prayer expresse the severall necessities of Gods people; for the more grace they have, the more they see their owne wants; and the more sensible they are of their owne infirmities, corruptions, and sinnes. Neither can it in praises expresse the manifold experiences that the Saints daily observe of Gods mercifull dealing with them: Therefore a set Forme of prayer or praises to Gods Saints, and faithfull ones, principled with a spirit of prayer and praise, it is altogether unusefull;