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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
First, The duty it self is expressly commanded by our Lord and Saviour,1 When thou prayest, enter into thy Closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. Here you see is a positive ⟨p. 6⟩command for the practice of secret Prayer, Enter into thy Closet, or into some private place, and having shut the door, pray.
First, The duty it self is expresly commanded by our Lord and Saviour,1 When thou prayest, enter into thy Closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. Here you see is a positive ⟨p. 6⟩command for the practice of secret Prayer, Enter into thy Closet, or into some private place, and having shut the door, pray.
Secondly, The morning is commended to us for the choicest time of practising this duty,
Secondly, The morning is commended to us for the choysest time of practising this duty,
1 By the example of Christ, 2 By the practice of the faithful.