A fourth volume containing one hundred and fifty sermons on several texts of Scripture…

We are left to our liberty more than those under the Law, not that we may come short of them, but that we may do more. However, there is no gap opened to Looseness, because the Terms wherein Duty is enjoined, are very large and comprehensive: 1 Thess. 5.17. Pray without ceasing. Ephes. 6.18. Praying always, that is, upon all occasions. And we have high Patterns; we are referred to the Angels that are never weary: David had his seven times a day, Psal. 119.164. Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of thy righteous Judgments. And Daniel thrice, chap. 6.10. He kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did afore-time. Certainly it must be done every day; for Christ saith, Matth. 6.11. Give us this day our daily Bread. Every day we stand in need of the Blessings of Providence, and it must be sought, [Greek or Hebrew], day by day. Every day we live as it were a new Life; it is but the lesser Circle of Time, and it should not pass without some Worship. From the Morning and Evening-Sacrifice, we may plead for Morning and Evening-Prayer; Numb. 28.4. The one Lamb shalt thou offer in the Morning, and the other Lamb shalt thou offer at Even. This is expounded, Psal. 141.2. Let my Prayer be set forth before thee as Incense, and the lifting up of my Hands as the Evening-Sacrifice: there is the Exposition of the Sacrifice. Certainly there is a standing occasion; who dares venture on the Temptations of the Day without Prayer, or the dangers of the Night? In the Morning we are to beg Direction, in the Evening Protection. Can God's Children go to Bed without leaving their Hearts with him over Night, or awake without God in the Morning? It is an ill sign when Men wrangle and dispute away Duties, rather than practise them.

We are left to our liberty more than those under the Law, not that we may come short of them, but that we may do more. However, there is no gap opened to Looseness, because the Terms wherein Duty is enjoined, are very large and comprehensive: