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The fountain opened, or, The great gospel privilege of having Christ exhibited to sinful…The fountain opened, or, The great gospel priviledge of having Christ exhibited to sinfull…
The fountain opened, or, The great gospel privilege of having Christ exhibited to sinful men wherein also is proved that there shall be a national calling of the Jews from Zech. XIII. I. / by Samuel Willard ...The fountain opened, or, The great gospel priviledge of having Christ exhibited to sinfull men wherein also is proved that there shall be a national calling of the Jews from Zech. XIII. I. / by Samuel Willard ...
printed by B. Green for Samuel Sewall Junior, 1700
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.
8. Do you persevere in Prayer? As it is the duty of all Gods People so to do, Eph. 6. 18. Praying always, &c. watching thereunto with all perseverance. So it is one property of the Spirit of Prayer, and there is a double perseverance to be eyed in this; you are constant and unwearied in your duty, you pray without ceasing, 1 Thes. 5. 17. You resolve as, Psal. 116 2. I will call upon him as long as I live. And you hold on in it against all that would discourage you. If you have not a present answer according to desire, it doth not beat you off; but quickens your ardour, and you say as, Isa. 8. 17. I will wait on the Lord, who hideth his face: If he repulse you, you turn his very repulses into arguments, as that poor woman did, Mat. 15. 25, 26.
9 And doth the sense of sin always drive you to Prayer? Do your Consciences at any time reflect, and charge Guilt on you? Doth this always bring you upon your knees, and cause you to pour out your hearts in supplication? Do you find the stirrings of inward Concupiscence, and the Law in your members warring against the law of your mind? What course do you take to get it mortified? Is prayer now ⟨p. 162⟩not neglected? These are the motions of a Spirit of Supplication in a Child of God. This course we find David is on all occasions taking in the Psalms.