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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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But what is it to pray in Christs name?
I answer, 1. To pray in Christs name, is to pray with reliance upon the grace, favour and worthiness of the merits of Christ, in whom we have believed, 1and have access with confidence, by the faith of him: Christs satisfaction is the ground of our intercession, because Christs blood hath purchased this (we pray) therefore, O Lord, grant this.
I answer, 1. To pray in Christs name, is to pray with reliance upon the grace, favor and worthiness of the merits of Christ, in whom we have believed, 1and have access with confidence, by the faith of him: Christs satisfaction is the ground of our intercession, because Christs blood hath purchased this (we pray) therefore, O Lord, grant this.
2. To pray in Christs name, is to pray from his command, and according to his will; as when we send another in our name, we wish him to say thus,1 Tell him, I sent you, and that I desire such a thing of him; so when we take those words which the Lord puts in our mouths, and desire those things only that the Lord commands us to seek, whether absolutely, or conditionally, this is to pray in his name.