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God acknowledged, or, The true interest of the nation and all that fear God…
God acknowledged, or, The true interest of the nation and all that fear God opened in a sermon preached December the 11th, 1695 : being the day appointed by the king for public prayer and humiliation / by Benjamin Keach.God acknowledged, or, The true interest of the nation and all that fear God opened in a sermon preached December the 11th, 1695 : being the day appointed by the king for publick prayer and humiliation / by Benjamin Keach.
London: printed for William Marshal, 1696
GOD Acknowledged: OR THE The TRUE INTEREST of the NATION, and all t… › Exhortation.
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4. In Prayer we Acknowledge his Authority over us, and his Love and Faithfulness towards us: But Brethren, know that it is the Prayer of the New Creature that prevaileth, that pleaseth and honoureth him; 'tis the voice of the New Born Spiritual Babe, that is sweet to him; yea 'tis the voice of his own Spirit that he hears, and which brings honour to him: Moreover know, that 'tis through Christs Intercession only, that our Prayers are heard: Christ offers up all the Prayers of his own People1 with his own Incense, and when he offered up their Prayers with his Incense, their were Voices, Lightnings and Thunder.
4. In Prayer we Acknowledge his Authority over us, and his Love and Faithfulness towards us: But Brethren, know that it is the Prayer of the New Creature that prevaileth, that pleaseth and honoureth him; 'tis the voice of the New Born Spiritual Babe, that is sweet to him; yea 'ts the voice of his own Spirit that he hears, and which brings honour to him: Moreover know, that 'tis through Christs Intercession only, that our Prayers are heard: Christ offers up all the Prayers of his own People1 with his own Incense, and when he offerred up their Prayers with his Incense, their were Voices, Lightnings and Thunder.
1. Join Confession of Sins with your Supplications: O find out, every one of you, the Plague of his own heart, and lie low at the Foot of God; confess your own Sins, and the Sins of the Nation, and the Sins of God's People, thus you have heard Daniel 1did: Brethren, to Confession of Sin, add also deep Humiliation, this must be joined with our Prayers and Confessions; nay, and Reformation of Life also, every one must turn from his evil way. See