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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of the book of Job being the substance of thirty-five lectures / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1664
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-fifth, Th… › Chapter 35 › Verses 9-13
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Seventhly, Those are vain prayers, which are not both formed and mattered according to the Will of God, (1 John 5.14.) which are not grounded upon a just cause, and which are not directed to a right end. Besides all these I may add all cold Prayers, sleepy Prayers, slight-spirited or heartless Prayers, mere fo• mal Prayers, tongue-wording Prayers, which are not soul-working and self-affecting Prayers, are, to them who pray so, but vain Prayers, or as the Text speaks, vanity.
Seventhly, Those are vain prayers, which are not both formed and matter'd according to the Will of God, (1 John 5.14.) which are not grounded upon a just cause, and which are not directed to a right end. Besides all these I may add all cold Prayers, sleepy Prayers, slight-spirited or heartless Prayers, meer fo• mal Prayers, tongue-wording Prayers, which are not soul-working and self-affecting Prayers, are, to them who pray so, but vain Prayers, or as the Text speaks, vanity.
These Rules must be observed in all our prayer-addresses to God, else prayer is vain, or vanity; and when the prayer it self is vain, the person praying hath no hearing: God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. Consider that, Elihu doth not only say, God will not hear, but he adds, neither will the Almighty regard it. The doubling of the matter in higher Language intimates something to us; and we may note this from it; As the Prayers of evil men are vain, so they have not any, the lest regard from God:
These Rules must be observed in all our prayer-addresses to God, else prayer is vain, or vanity; and when the prayer it self is vain, the person praying hath no hearing: God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. Consider that, Elihu doth not only say, God will not hear, but he adds, neither will the Almighty regard it. The doubling of the matter in higher Language intimaes somthing to us; and we may note this from it; As the Prayers of evil men are vain, so they have not any, the lest regard from God: