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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.
Yet to give countenance unto this uncouth Exposition, a force is put upon the beginning of both the verses 26, 27. For whereas [Greek or Hebrew] doth constantly in the Scripture denote any kind of infirmity or weakness, spiritual or corporal, it is said here to be taken in the latter sense for diseases with troubles and dangers; which latter, it no where signifies. For so the meaning should be, That in such conditions we know not what to pray for, whether wealth or health or Peace or the like, but Christ intercedes for us. And this must be the sense of [Greek or Hebrew], which yet in the Text doth plainly denote an help and assistance given unto our weaknesses, that is, unto us who are weak, in the discharge of the Duty of Prayer, as both the words themselves and the ensuing reasons of them do evince. Wherefore neither the Grammatical sense of the words, nor the Context, nor the Analogy of Faith will admit of this new and uncouth Exposition.
Yet to give countenance unto this uncouth Exposition, a force is put upon the beginning of both the verses 26, 27. For whereas 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 doth constantly in the Scripture denote any kind of infirmity or weakness, spiritual or corporal, it is said here to be taken in the latter sense for diseases with troubles and dangers; which latter, it no where signifies. For so the meaning should be, That in such conditions we know not what to pray for, whether wealth or health or Peace or the like, but Christ interceeds for us. And this must be the sense of 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, which yet in the Text doth plainly denote an help and assistance given unto our weaknesses, that is, unto us who are weak, in the discharge of the Duty of Prayer, as both the words themselves and the ensuing reasons of them do evince. Wherefore neither the Grammatical sence of the words, nor the Context, nor the Analogy of Faith will admit of this new and uncouth Exposition.
In like manner if it be enquired, why it ⟨p. 94⟩