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A word to sinners, and a word to saints The former tending to the…
A word to sinners, and a word to saints The former tending to the awakening the consciences of secure sinners, unto a lively sense and apprehension of the dreadful condition they are in, so long as they live in their natural and unregenerate estate. The latter tending to the directing and persuading of the godly and regenerate unto several singular duties. As also a word to householders stirring them up to the good old way of serving God in and with their families, from Joshua's resolution, Josh. 24. 15. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Set forth especially for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of St. Sepulchres Parish, London by Tho. Gouge, late pastor thereof.A word to sinners, and a word to saints The former tending to the awakening the consciences of secure sinners, unto a lively sense and apprehension of the dreadfull condition they are in, so long as they live in their natural and unregenerate estate. The latter tending to the directing and perswading of the godly and regenerate unto several singular duties. As also a word to housholders stirring them up to the good old way of serving God in and with their families, from Joshuah's resolution, Josh. 24. 15. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Set forth especially for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of St. Sepulchres Parish, London by Tho. Gouge, late pastor thereof.
London: printed for George Sawbridge, 1668
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2. Conjunction in Prayer, as it is Gods Ordinance, so 'tis of great advantage to souls. The joint prayers of the several persons in a Family, are more acceptable to God, and more prevalent with him, than the Prayers of the same persons apart.
2. Conjunction in Prayer, as it is Gods Ordinance, so 'tis of great advantage to souls. The joynt prayers of the several persons in a Family, are more acceptable to God, and more prevalent with him, than the Prayers of the same persons apart.
There's the same reason for the prevalency of the joint-prayers of Christians of the same Family, as of the joint-Prayers of Christians not of the same Family; of the same City, or Town, or Country. Now we find in Scripture from the practice of the people of God, that this was their concurrent judgement; that their coming together to pray, would prevail more with God, than their praying apart, as Act. 12.12. before mentioned. Many were gathered together in Mary's ⟨p. 233⟩house praying for Peter. If it had been all one as to the probability of the success, If the Lord had been as likely to have been prevailed with, for Peters enlargement, by their separate as by their joint Prayers, they would never have run that hazard, as they did, by their coming together. They knew well enough what danger it would have been, had they been taken praying. Many instances might be brought of the like practice of Christians in all ages, who especially in cases of great exigencies and necessities did thus assemble. Whence is a clear foundation of this argument. That way of Prayer which the people of God did choose, and betake themselves to in cases of any special exigencies, that was in their judgement the most acceptable and prevailing. But joint Prayer is such, in the case of greater societies, and therefore also in the less.
There's the same reason for the prevalency of the joynt-prayers of Christians of the same Family, as of the joynt-Prayers of Christians not of the same Family; of the same City, or Town, or Country. Now we find in Scripture from the practice of the people of God, that this was their concurrent judgement; that their coming together to pray, would prevail more with God, than their praying apart, as