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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 prayer: As 1. when God draws nigh, and reveals himself to thy soul, in and upon such or such a particular petition, when God smiles upon thee, welcomes thee, falls about thy neck and kisseth thee; when no sooner thou comes into his presence to inquire of him, but he says, Here I am, as the promise is, Isa. 58.9.1 this thou art to observe as a sign that he hears thy prayer,2 and accepts both thee and it: Hear me speedily (saith David) and that I may know thou hearest me, draw nigh unto my soul, Psal. 69.17. 2. When God doth put a restless importunity into the heart, maugre all discouragements, for this or that mercy; and when this importunity is joined with a subjection to Gods will, and runs along with it, then hath God stirred it up, and then look for something to come: You know the parable,3 how the unjust Judge heard the widow, for her importunities sake: So when God puts this importunity into the heart, it is a sign God means then to hear and answer.
2. In prayer: As 1. when God draws nigh, and reveals himself to thy soul, in and upon such or such a particular petition, when God smiles upon thee, welcoms thee, falls about thy neck and kisseth thee; when no sooner thou comes into his presence to inquire of him, but he says, Here I am, as the promise is, Isa. 58.9.1 this thou art to observe as a sign that he hears thy prayer,2 and accepts both thee and it: Hear me speedily (saith David) and that I may know thou hearest me, draw nigh unto my soul, Psal. 69.17. 2. When God doth put a restless importunity into the heart, maugre all discouragements, for this or that mercy; and when this importunity is joyned with a subjection to Gods will, and runs along with it, then hath God stirred it up, and then look for something to come: You know the parable,