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Jacobs seed or The generation of seekers. And Davids delight
Jacobs seed or The generation of seekers. And Davids delight : or The excellent on earth. / By the late reverend preacher of the Gospel Jeremiah Borough.Jacobs seed or The generation of seekers. And Davids delight : or The excellent on earth. / By the late reverend preacher of the Gospel Jeremiah Burrough.
Cambridge: printed by Roger Daniel Printer to the University of Cambridge, 1648Cambridge: printed by Roger Daniel Printer to the Universitie of Cambridge, 1648
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But the great efficacy of prayer is this, it is part of the purchase of the blood of Christ: that God might hear the prayers of the Saints, it comes from the merits of Christ, it is a part of his purchase that God should regard them, it is in his name that we pray, so we are taught. It is by Christ that we have access to the throne of grace our privilege of seeking God is that which Christ hath purchased by his blood. So that our seeking of God is not only a duty, and beneficial to us, but it is a high privilege purchased by the blood of Christ; by him we have access with boldness, the word is, with liberty of speech: liberty of speech is by the blood of Christ, that we may come before the Lord, and open our minds fully, certainly there is a great deal of efficacy in ⟨p. 35⟩prayer. Whatsoever our prayers are, as they are from us, though they be vain, as they are from us, yet take them as Christs purchase, here lies the great efficacy of prayer.
But the great efficacy of prayer is this, it is part of the purchase of the bloud of Christ: that God might hear the prayers of the Saints, it comes from the merits of Christ, it is a part of his purchase that God should regard them, it is in his name that we pray, so we are taught. It is by Christ that we have accesse to the throne of grace our priviledge of seeking God is that which Christ hath purchased by his bloud. So that our seeking of God is not onely a duty, and beneficiall to us, but it is a high priviledge purchased by the bloud of Christ; by him we have accesse with boldness, the word is, with liberty of speech: liberty of speech is by the bloud of Christ, that we may come before the Lord, and open our minds fully, certainly there is a great deal of efficacy in ⟨p. 35⟩prayer. Whatsoever our prayers are, as they are from us, though they be vain, as they are from us, yet take them as Christs purchase, here lies the great efficacy of prayer.
Think not that the efficacy of prayer lies in earnestness, or enlargement: though it be a comfort, and an evidence that God enlargeth us by his Spirit, (it is not parts that enlarge, but the Spirit) but the virtue of prayer lies not here: the strength whereby prayer doth great things, it lies in the engine lower in secret, in the purchase of Christ.