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The right wayThe right vvay
The right way: or A direction for obtaining good success in a weighty enterprise. Set out in a sermon preached on the 12th of September, 1648. before the Lords on a day of humiliation for a blessing on a treaty between His Majesties and the Parliaments commissioners. / By W. Gouge.The right vvay: or A direction for obtaining good successe in a weighty enterprise. Set out in a sermon preached on the 12th of September, 1648. before the Lords on a day of humiliation for a blessing on a treaty between His Majesties and the Parliaments commissioners. / By W. Gouge.
London: printed by A. Miller for Joshua Kirton, 1648London: printed by A. Miller for Ioshua Kirton, 1648
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That which followeth in these words,1 to seek of him, setteth down the most proper end of a Fast, and of the extent thereof, by afflicting ones self, which is subordinate to seeking of God. To seek of God, is all one as to pray unto God, and call upon him. They are therefore oft joined together, as synonima, words or phrases of one and the same signification. Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find, saith Christ, Mat. 7. 7. I am sought of them that asked not for me, I am found of them that sought me not, saith the Lord, Isa. 65. 1. In these and many other like places, to ask and seek, are put for the same duty, namely, to pray. The Metaphor of seeking implieth a careful using of means for obtaining that which we desire. In this respect the Church thus saith, I will seek him whom my soul loveth, Cant. 3. 2.
That which followeth in these words,1 to seek of him, setteth down the most proper end of a Fast, and of the extent thereof, by afflicting ones self, which is subordinate to seeking of God. To seek of God, is all one as to pray unto God, and call upon him. They are therefore oft joyned together, as synonima, words or phrases of one and the same signification. Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall finde, saith Christ, Mat. 7. 7. I am sought of them that asked not for me, I am found of them that sought me not, saith the Lord, Isa. 65. 1. In these and many other like places, to ask and seek, are put for the same duty, namely, to pray. The Metaphor of seeking implieth a carefull using of means for obtaining that which we desire. In this respect the Church thus saith, I will seek him whom my soul loveth, Cant. 3. 2.
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