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…

1 Because the Scripture giveth us no warrant for the omission of a bounden duty, because of some present drowsiness and indisposition thereunto, but doth rather expressly hold forth the contrary, enjoining Christians to pray always, ¹and to pray continually, ²with sundry the like expressions: Which imply, as a frequent lifting up our hearts to God in ejaculatory Prayers, so a constant observance of our set times of solemn prayer.

1 Because the Scripture giveth us no warrant for the omission of a bounden duty, because of some present drowsiness and indisposition thereunto, but doth rather expresly hold forth the contrary, enjoyning Christians to pray always, ¹and to pray continually, ²with sundry the like expressions: Which imply, as a frequent lifting up our hearts to God in ejaculatory Prayers, so a constant observance of our set times of solemn prayer.

1. 1Luke 21. 36
2. 2Rom. 12. 12

2 As man that hath little or no appetite to his meat, yet by forcing himself to eat a bit or two, he begins to have a better stomach thereunto; so when a Christian hath no mind or disposition unto Prayer, but finds his body drowsy, his spirit heavy, and his heart dead; yet by forcing himself thereunto, though against his mind, doth many times find his affections ••ickned, and his spirits raised up in Prayer; yea it is wonderful what quicknings and