A35473:1678
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of twenty three lectures delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl.An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of twenty three lectures delivered at Magnus neer the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl.
London: printed by Matthew Simmons, 1650
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AN EXPOSITION Upon the Fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth Chapte… › Chapter 16 › Verse 17
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Thirdly, To pray in the Name of Christ, is to pray in the virtue of the present mediation of Christ, which carries this acknowledgement in it, That what we ask on earth, Christ obtains in Heaven.
Thirdly, To pray in the Name of Christ, is to pray in the vertue of the present mediation of Christ, vvhich carries this acknowledgement in it, That what we aske on earth, Christ obtaines in Heaven.
To pray thus is no easy matter, and unless we pray thus, we do not pray at all. (John 16.23, 24.) In that day ye shall ask me nothing: Verily I say unto you, what soever ye shall ask the Father in my Name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my Name, ask and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. But how do these parts of the Text consist? Why doth Christ tell them, that they shall ask nothing in that day, and yet promise, that what they ask he vvill give? There is a twofold asking.
To pray thus is no easie matter, and unlesse vve pray thus, vve doe not pray at all. (John 16.23, 24.) In that day yee shall aske me nothing: Verily I say unto you, what soever yee shall aske the Father in my Name, hee will give it you. Hitherto have yee asked nothing in my Name, aske and yee shall receive, that your joy may be full. But how doe these parts of the Text consist? Why doth Christ tell them, that they shall aske nothing in that day, and yet promise, that vvhat they aske hee vvill give? There is a twofold asking.
First, By way of Question. Secondly, By way of Petition.