A94156:332
The Christian-man's calling: or, A treatise of making religion ones business. Wherein the nature…
The Christian-man's calling: or, A treatise of making religion ones business. Wherein the nature and necessity of it is discovered. : As also the Christian directed how he may perform it in [brace] religious duties, natural actions, his particular vocation, his family directions, and his own recreations. / By George Swinnock ...
London: printed for T.P., 1662
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
When thou prayest, put up thy petitions to him ⟨p. 124⟩with awful apprehensions of him. The vulg. Lat. read that Psa. 84.11. abjectus in domo Dei mei, to be cast upon the Earth, to lie prostrate in the House of God. The Eastern Christians when they called on God, threw themselves on the ground. Luther prayed with confidence, as to a Father; but with reverence, as to a God. Remember when thou takest upon thee to speak unto the Lord, yet thou art but dust and ashes, Gen. 18.27. Thou art at best but a Beggar, and a proud heart will not suit a Beggars purse. The poor must use entreaties, Prov. 18.23. The twenty four Elders, fell on their faces and worshipped, Rev. 4.16. So did Jesus Christ himself in prayer, Mat. 26.39. O come let us Worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker, Psa. 95.6. The Elephant that could not bow nor kneel, was no fit Beast for a Sacrifice.
When thou prayest, put up thy petitions to him ⟨p. 124⟩with awful apprehensions of him. The vulg. Lat. read that Psa. 84.11. abjectus in domo Dei mei, to be cast upon the Earth, to lie prostrate in the House of God. The Eastern Christians when they called on God, threw themselves on the ground. Luther prayed with confidence, as to a Father; but with reverence, as to a God. Remember when thou takest upon thee to speak unto the Lord, yet thou art but dust and ashes, Gen. 18.27. Thou art at best but a Beggar, and a proud heart will not suit a Beggars purse. The poor must use intreaties, Prov. 18.23. The twenty four Elders, fell on their faces and worshipped, Rev. 4.16. So did Jesus Christ himself in prayer,