A75287:2181
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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2. We must put off our shoes (i.) remove our pollutions and corrupt affections, as carnal lusts, anger and doubting:1 I will that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
3. We must avoid surfeiting and drunkenness, which makes the heart dull and heavy: Take heed to your selves, 1lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and the cares of this world; with ordinary prayer we must join a moderate diet, and with extraordinary, fasting.
3. We must avoid surfeting and drunkenness, which makes the heart dull and heavy: Take heed to your selves, 1lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeting and drunkenness, and the cares of this world; with ordinary prayer we must joyn a moderate diet, and with extraordinary, fasting.