A75287:2198
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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3. In the Name of Christ: 1for Whatsoever you ask the Father in my Name, that I will do. There is a necessity of praying in Christs Name, 1. In regard of Admission. 2. In regard of Assistance. 3. In regard of Acceptance.
1. In regard of Admission: God is a consuming fire, and we are dried stubble; there is no approaching to him, but in Christ, in whom we have access with boldness to the Throne of Grace: God will not look pleasingly on us, if we come without Christ, he is no Throne of Grace without him; it is Christ who makes that which was a Bar of Justice, a Bench of Mercy; in him we have admission: Do we fall upon the Duty of Prayer? do it not in the strength of man, but in the strength of Christ: say, Lord, I come alone in the Merits of Christ, to partake of the Merits of the Lord Jesus: I have endeavoured to prepare my self through thy grace, but I look not for admission through my preparations or dispositions, but through the blood and mediation of Jesus Christ.
1. In regard of Admission: God is a consuming fire, and we are dryed stubble; there is no approaching to him, but in Christ, in whom we have access with boldness to the Throne of Grace: God will not look pleasingly on us, if we come without Christ, he is no Throne of Grace without him; it is Christ who makes that which was a Bar of Justice, a Bench of Mercy; in him we have admission: Do we fall upon the Duty of Prayer? do it not in the strength of man, but in the strength of Christ: say, Lord, I come alone in the Merits of Christ, to partake of the Merits of the Lord Jesus: I have endeavored to prepare my self through thy grace, but I look not for admission through my preparations or dispositions, but through the blood and mediation of Jesus Christ.