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The world that now is; and the world that is to comeThe vvorld that now is; and the vvorld that is to come
The world that now is; and the world that is to come: or The first and second coming of Jesus Christ Wherein several prophecies not yet fulfilled are expounded. By Han. Knollys, a servant of Jesus Christ. Rev. I. 19.The vvorld that now is; and the vvorld that is to come: or The first and second coming of Jesus Christ Wherein several prophecies not yet fulfilled are expounded. By Han. Knollys, a servant of Jesus Christ. Rev. I. 19.
London: printed by Tho. Snowden, 1681
THE WORLD That now is. › Chapter 3THE VVORLD That now is. › Chapter 3
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CHAP. III.
THE Third Work that our Lord Jesus Christ came into this World to do, was to institute those Gospel-Ordinances, in which his Churches of Saints must worship God in Spirit, and in Truth. When the Church is Assembled on the first Day of the week, in some convenient place to worship God, Christ hath appointed, that first of all Prayers, Supplications, and Thanksgivings be made, 1 Tim. 2.1, 2, 3. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour. Men having their Heads uncovered, and Women having their Faces veiled or covered, 1 Cor. 11.4, 5, 7, 10, 13. reverently kneeling, Psal. 95.6. & Acts 21.5. or decently standing, Luk. 18.11, 13. They ought not to sit in Prayer-time, unless some weakness of body, or some bodily infirmity doth constrain them. This part of the Worship of God ought to be administered by one of the Elders of that Church, who ought to pray in the ⟨p. 71⟩Spirit, and to pray with the understanding also, 1 Cor. 14.15. To pray with the Spirit, implies two things:
THE Third Work that our Lord Jesus Christ came into this World to do, was to institute those Gospel-Ordinances, in which his Churches of Saints must worship God in Spirit, and in Truth. When the Church is Assembled on the first Day of the week, in some convenient place to worship God, Christ hath appointed, that first of all Prayers, Supplications, and Thanksgivings be made,