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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.
3. It is the Duty of Believers to look after, to pray for those promised Aids and Assistances in Prayer. Without this, all those Promises are despised, and looked on as a Flourish of Words, without Truth, Power or Efficacy in them. But,
4. This they are commanded to do, and have blessed Experience of success therein. The former is plain in the Scripture, and the latter must be left unto their own Testimony living and dying.
5. Beyond the Divine Institution of all the Ordinances of Worship in the Church, with the Determination of the Matter and Form which are essential unto them, contained in the Scripture, and a due Attendance unto Natural Light in outward Circumstances, there is nothing needful unto the due and orderly Celebration of all public Worship in its Assembly. If any such thing be pretended, it is what Christ never appointed, nor the Apostles ever practised, nor the first Churches after them, nor hath it any Promise of acceptance.
5. Beyond the Divine Institution of all the Ordinances of Worship in the Church, with the Determination of the Matter and Form which are essential unto them, contained in the Scripture, and a due Attendance unto Natural Light in outward Circumstances, there is nothing needful unto the due and orderly Celebration of all publick Worship in its Assembly. If any such thing be pretended, it is what Christ never appointed, nor the Apostles ever practised, nor the first Churches after them, nor hath it any Promise of acceptance.