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Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…
Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Sepulchres parish / by Tho. Gouge ...Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Sepulchres parish / by Tho. Gouge ...
London: printed by R. Ibbitson and M. Wright, 1661
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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.
II. As preparation is necessary before Prayer, so in prayer divers things are required; as,
1 Faith; Prayer must be made in faith; which our Saviour plainly expresseth,1 where he saith, Whatsoever things ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. Believe, that as God is able, so willing to grant whatsoever thou prayest for, so far forth as in his wisdom he seeth it to be good for thee.
1 Faith; Prayer must be made in faith; which our Savior plainly expresseth,1 where he saith, Whatsoever things yee desire, when yee pray, beleeve that yee receive them, and yee shall have them. Beleeve, that as God is able, so willing to grant whatsoever thou prayest for, so far forth as in his wisdome he seeth it to be good for thee.
2 Fervency, that thou pour out thine heart and soul unto God, with great ardency and earnestness of affection. For, the Apostle James telleth us,1 that the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much; so that it is the fervent prayer only that is effectual. And without doubt this is one special reason why our prayers are so seldom answered, namely, because they are performed with such deadness of heart,2