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A discourse of the work of the Holy Spirit in prayer with a brief…
A discourse of the work of the Holy Spirit in prayer with a brief enquiry into the nature and use of mental prayer and forms / by John Owen ...
London: printed for Nathanael Ponder, 1682
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.
But moreover as was before intimated, there are some generally allowed Principles, which though not always duly considered, yet cannot at any time be modestly denied, that give Direction towards the right Performance of our Duty herein. And they are these that follow.
But moreover as was before intimated, there are some generally allowed Principles, which though not always duely considered, yet cannot at any time be modestly denyed, that give Direction towards the right Performance of our Duty herein. And they are these that sollow.
1. It is the Duty of every man to pray for himself. The Light of Nature, multiplied Divine Commands, with our necessary dependence on God and subjection unto him, give Life and Light unto this Principle. To own a Divine Being, is to own That which is to be prayed unto, and that it is our Duty so to do.
1. It is the Duty of every man to pray for himself. The Light of Nature, multiplied Divine Commands, with our necessary dependance on God and subjection unto him, give Life and Light unto this Principle. To owne a Divine Being, is to owne That which is to be prayed unto, and that it is our Duty so to do.
2. It is the Duty of some, by virtue of natural Relation, or of Office, to pray with and for others also. So is it the Duty of Parents and Masters of Families to pray with and for their Children and Households. This also derives from those great Principles of natural Light, that God is to be worshipped in all Societies of his own erection; and that those in the Relations mentioned, are obliged to seek the chiefest good of them that are committed unto their care; and so is it frequently enjoined in the Scripture. In like manner it is the Duty of Ministers to pray with and for their Flocks, by virtue of especial Institution. These things cannot be, nor so far as I know of, are questioned by any: But practically the most of men live in an open neglect of their Duty herein. Were this but diligently attended unto from the first instance of natural and moral Relations, unto the instituted Offices of Ministers and public