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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.
3. The mercies which thou hast, as returns of prayer, are costly mercies. Mercies that come in by providence, are easy and cheap, but mercies that come in by prayer are costly; they cost the price of Christs blood to purchase them; and they cost thee many a prayer and tear to obtain them.
3. The mercies which thou hast, as returns of prayer, are costly mercies. Mercies that come in by providence, are easie and cheap, but mercies that come in by prayer are costly; they cost the price of Christs blood to purchase them; and they cost thee many a prayer and tear to obtain them.
4. These mercies are sealing mercies, and that in three particulars,
1. They are seals to you that you have the Spirit of God; for Christ hears no prayers, and no spirit, but his own. God is as well pleased with the barking of a dog, as with the prayers of a Christless man.
2. It is a seal to thee of an interest in Christs intercession. If thy prayers are returned, it is a sign they are accepted. Now no prayers are accepted, but by virtue of the intercession of Jesus Christ.