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The zealous Christian taking heavenThe zealovs Christian taking heaven
The zealous Christian taking heaven by holy violence in several sermons, tending to direct men how to hear with zeal, [how] to pray with importunity / preached by ... Mr. Christopher Love ...The zealovs Christian taking heaven by holy violence in severall sermons, tending to direct men how to hear with zeal, [how] to pray with importunity / preached by ... Mr. Christopher Love ...
London: printed by R. and W. Leybourn for John Rothwell, 1653
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.
The Answer returned to this request is double.
1. By way of negation, ver. 7. Trouble me not &c. Observe•, that God• people may have denials to their prayer: The reason of this denial is, the door i• now sh••• and my children are with me in bed. There are some times when Gods own people may pray to him, yet he shut his eats to their prayers, God will a• it were hide himself from the prayers of his own people, that they shall not come at him. Not only the doors are shut, but his God […] in bed with him. These children here spoken of are the creatures of: God; from whence observe. That there may be times, where God may take away all his creature comforts from his own people, that they shall not any ways he help full to them.
1. By way of negation, ver. 7. Trouble me not &c. Observe•, that God• people may have denialls to their prayer: The reason of this deniall is, the doore i• now sh••• and my children are with me in bed. There are some times when Gods own people may pray to him, yet he shut his eates to their prayers, God will a• it were hide himselfe from the prayers of his own people, that they shall not come at him. Not onely the doores are shut, but his God 〈…〉 in bed with him. These children here spoken of are the creatures of: God; from whence observe. That there may be times, where God may take away all his creature comforts from his owne people, that they shall not any wayes he help full to them.