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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.
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 and dullness of spirit, for the luke-warm prayer is cooled and frozen before it can ascend up to heaven. As therefore thou desirest to have thy prayers effectual, let them be fervent, and so thou shalt not need to doubt of a gracious and happy issue. I grant, thou canst not always have a like ⟨p. 11⟩fervency, yet thou must always strive against deadness of heart, and dullness of spirit; for God regards the manner of our actions as much as the matter, how we pray, as well as what we pray for.
2 Fervency, that thou pour out thine heart and soul unto God, with great ardency and earnestness of affection. For, the Apostle Iames 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 and dulness of spirit, for the luke-warm prayer is cooled and frozen before it can ascend up to heaven. As therefore thou desirest to have thy prayers effectual, let them be fervent, and so thou shalt not need to doubt of a gracious and happy issue. I grant, thou canst not always have a like ⟨p. 11⟩fervency, yet thou must always strive against deadness of heart, and dulness of spirit; for God regards the manner of our actions as much as the matter, how we pray, as well as what we pray for.