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Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…
Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithfull Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...
London: printed by J.T., 1658
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.
2 CHRON. 32. 24, 25. And in those days Hezekias was sick unto the death; and he prayed to the Lord who spake to him, and gave him a sign, but Hezekias did not render according to the mercies bestowed upon him, but his heart was lifted up, and wrath came upon Israel.
2 CHRON. 32. 24, 25. And in those dayes Hezekias was sick unto the death; and he prayed to the Lord who spake to him, and gave him a sign, but Hezekias did not render according to the mercies bestowed upon him, but his heart was lifted up, and wrath came upon Israel.
WE made some entrance into these words in the morning; In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death. Those words we have done withal. And he prayed to the Lord: hence we observed this: That Prayer is the chief means to obtain any thing at Gods hands.1
WE made some entrance into these words in the morning; In those dayes Hezekiah was sick to the death. Those words we have done withall. And he prayed to the Lord: hence we observed this: That Prayer is the chief means to obtain any thing at Gods hands.1
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It was the means whereby Hezekiah obtained his recovery when he was sick to the death. So it is a general rule that prayer is the chiefest means of all other to obtain any thing at Gods hands. The reasons of it we gave in the morning, we came to apply it. And the first Use was this. If it be the chiefest means of all other, therefore