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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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2. In the heart three things are requisite, Humility. Reverence. Ardency of spirit.
1. Humility, which is derived ab humo, from the ground; intimating, that when we pray, we should humble our selves, as it were to the ground: Thus the Christians in the eastern Churches were wont to cast themselves down to the ground, when they called upon God:1 Thus Abraham acknowledged himself but dust and ashes; Thus Jacob confessed himself less then the least of all Gods mercies; thus David professed, that he would be vile before the Lord; thus Isaiah cried out, I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: 2Thus Ezra prayed, O my God, I am ashamed, and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God, for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the Heavens: Thus the Centurion, Lord, 3I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof: Thus the woman of Sirophaenicia, confesseth her self a dog in comparison of the Israelites; and thus the Prodigal received to favour, confesseth himself unworthy to be called a son: Here's a cloud of witnesses, concluding that Humility in the heart is requisite in prayer.
1. Humility, which is derived ab humo, from the ground; intimating, that when we pray, we should humble our selves, as it were to the ground: Thus the Christians in the eastern Churches were wont to cast themselves down to the ground, when they called upon God:1 Thus Abraham acknowledged himself but dust and ashes; Thus Jacob confessed himself less then the least of all Gods mercies; thus David professed, that he would be vile before the Lord; thus Isaiah cryed out, I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: