A Discourse Concerning Prayer: And the Frequenting Daily Public PrayersD. Appleton & Company, 1812 - 302 pages |
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... I distinctly shew , first , the na- ture of this duty ; secondly , the necessity of it ; thirdly , the great benefits we may derive from its serious performance . CONTENTS . Editor's Preface , The Introduction , PART I. xiv . INTRODUCTION .
... I distinctly shew , first , the na- ture of this duty ; secondly , the necessity of it ; thirdly , the great benefits we may derive from its serious performance . CONTENTS . Editor's Preface , The Introduction , PART I. xiv . INTRODUCTION .
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... dis- tinguished from praises of His divine perfec- tions , from Whom those benefits we ask are derived ; and from thanksgivings for them , when they are conferred on us , according to our PART I CHAPTER I Of the nature of Prayer,
... dis- tinguished from praises of His divine perfec- tions , from Whom those benefits we ask are derived ; and from thanksgivings for them , when they are conferred on us , according to our PART I CHAPTER I Of the nature of Prayer,
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... benefits ; yet they are not the things which are strictly and properly meant by Prayer . Which is taken sometimes in a stricter sense still ; merely for petitioning for good things : and so is distinguished by St. Paul , ( 1 Tim . ii ...
... benefits ; yet they are not the things which are strictly and properly meant by Prayer . Which is taken sometimes in a stricter sense still ; merely for petitioning for good things : and so is distinguished by St. Paul , ( 1 Tim . ii ...
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... benefits re- ceived , and promise dutiful obedience , as well as petition for pardon and deliverance . By which we learn that Prayer unto God is made up of all these ; and that in a sense of His greatness and goodness , of our absolute ...
... benefits re- ceived , and promise dutiful obedience , as well as petition for pardon and deliverance . By which we learn that Prayer unto God is made up of all these ; and that in a sense of His greatness and goodness , of our absolute ...
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... benefit of ano- ther ( as Mr. Hooker , if I forget not , very per- tinently observes ) but if he have given him any ... benefits . For all men are naturally afraid to offend those , into whose presence they must frequently come to sue ...
... benefit of ano- ther ( as Mr. Hooker , if I forget not , very per- tinently observes ) but if he have given him any ... benefits . For all men are naturally afraid to offend those , into whose presence they must frequently come to sue ...
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Page 256 - Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud : and he shall hear my voice.
Page 49 - And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
Page 182 - I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation : and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing : and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
Page 271 - I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
Page 167 - Their sound is gone out into all lands : and their words into the ends of the world. 5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for...
Page viii - My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.
Page 182 - Prayer for the Queen's Majesty. OLord' our heavenly Father, high and mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords, the only Ruler of princes, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth...
Page 223 - The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
Page 145 - Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me...
Page 204 - WHEN the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place: and suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues, like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them: and they were all filled with the HOLY GHOST...