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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.
(1.) We ought continually to bless God and give *Glory to him for this great privilege ⟨p. 155⟩of the Spirit of Grace 2and Supplication granted unto the Church. This is the principal means on their part, of all holy intercourse with God, and of giving Glory unto him. How doth the World which is destitute of this fruit of divine bounty, grope in the dark and wander after vain imaginations, whilst it knows not how to manage its convictions, nor how at all to deal with God about its concerns? That World which cannot receive the Spirit of Grace and Truth, can never have ought to do with God in a due manner. There are by whom this Gift of God is despised, is reviled, is blasphemed; and under the shades of many pretences do they hide themselves from the Light in their so doing. But they know not what they do, nor by what Spirit they are acted. Our Duty it is to pray that God would pour forth his Spirit even on them also, who will quickly cause them to look on him whom they have pierced and mourn.
(1.) We ought continually to bless God and give *Glory to him for this great priviledge ⟨p. 155⟩of the Spirit of Grace 2and Supplication granted unto the Church. This is the principal means on their part, of all holy entercourse with God, and of giving Glory unto him. How doth the World which is destitute of this fruit of divine bounty, grope in the dark and wander after vain imaginations, whilst it knows not how to manage its convictions, nor how at all to deal with God about its concerns? That World which cannot receive the Spirit of Grace and Truth, can never have ought to do with God in a due manner. There are by whom this Gift of God is despised, is reviled, is blasphemed; and under the shades of many pretences do they hide themselves from the Light in their so doing. But they know not what they do, nor by what Spirit they are acted. Our Duty it is to pray that God would pour forth his Spirit even on them also, who will quickly cause them to look on him whom they have pierced and mourn.