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A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Resp. 1. There is Mental Prayer, in the Mind, 1 Sam. 1.13. 2. Vocal, Psalm 77.1. 3. Ejaculatory, which is a sudden and short elevation of the heart to God. Neh. 2.4. So I prayed to the God of Heaven. 4. Conceived Prayer; when we pray for those things which God puts into our heart. Rom. 8.26. The Spirit helps us with sighs and groans. Both the expressions of the tongue so far as they are right, and the impressions of the heart are from the Spirit. 5. Prescribed Prayer: Our Saviour hath set us a pattern of Prayer. God prescribed a set Form of Blessing for the Priests▪ Numb. 6.23. 6. Public Prayer; when we pray in the audience of others. Prayer is more powerful when many join and unite their forces. Vis uni•a fortior: Matth. 18.19. 7. Private Prayer; when we pray by our selves. Mat. 6.6. Enter into thy closet.
Resp. 1. There is Mental Prayer, in the Mind, 1 Sam. 1.13. 2. Vocal, Psalm 77.1. 3. Ejaculatory, which is a sudden and short elevation of the heart to God. Neh. 2.4. So I prayed to the God of Heaven. 4. Conceiv'd Prayer; when we pray for those things which God puts into our heart. Rom. 8.26. The Spirit helps us with sighs and groans. Both the expressions of the tongue so far as they are right, and the impressions of the heart are from the Spirit. 5. Prescribed Prayer: Our Saviour hath set us a pattern of Prayer. God prescribed a set Form of Blessing for the Priests