A75287:1987
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The…
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and public, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and publike, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.
London: printed by John Field for Nathanael Webb and William Grantham, 1649London: printed by John Field for Nathanaell Webb and William Grantham, 1649
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SECT. 2. Of the manner of preparation to hear the Word.
SECT. 2. Of the maner of preparation to hear the Word.
The manner of this preparation consists in these particulars: 1. In Prayer. 2. In Meditation. 3. In Examination. 4. In the purging or cleansing our hearts. 5. In a right disposition of our hearts.
THe maner of this preparation consists in these particulars: 1. In Prayer. 2. In Meditation. 3. In Examination. 4. In the purging or cleansing our hearts. 5. In a right disposition of our hearts.
1. In Prayer: If thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 1— then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find out the knowledge of God. Christ bids us pray for our daily bread, and a blessing upon it; much more should we pray for a blessing upon our Spiritual food,2 for Man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth ⟨p. 266⟩out of the mouth of the Lord, doth man live. Now the particulars we are to pray for, are these:
1. In Prayer: If thou cryest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voyce for understanding; 1— then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and finde out the knowledge of God. Christ bids us pray for our daily bread, and a blessing upon it; much more should we pray for a blessing upon our Spiritual food,