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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.
And thus I have done with both these ⟨p. 78⟩Uses of Caution. And so I have done with the principal Doctrine, which was this, That on holy importunity, and earnestness of spirit, is a condition required in the prayers of Gods people, if they expect returns thereunto.
There is another considerable Doctrine yet behind, taken from the amplification of the concession: He asked but three loaves; but because of his importunity, he gave him as many as he needed.
There is another considerable Doctrine yet behinde, taken from the amplification of the concession: He asked but three loaves; but because of his importunity, he gave him as many as he needed.
The observation thence is this; That when the heart is importunate in begging mercy, 1God usually gives us more then we pray for.
- 1Doct. 4. God is better then our prayers.