12. Briefe notes shewing the necessitie of Praier.
BEause without praier wée cannot giue vnto
The practise of the faithfull containing many godly praiers both of morning and euening and other necessarie occasions. Whereunto are added diuers profitable and comfortable meditations necessarie to be remembered and practised of euery Christian.
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- The practise of the faithfull containing many godly praiers both of morning and euening and other necessarie occasions. Whereunto are added diuers profitable and comfortable meditations necessarie to be remembered and practised of euery Christian.
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"The practise of the faithfull containing many godly praiers both of morning and euening and other necessarie occasions. Whereunto are added diuers profitable and comfortable meditations necessarie to be remembered and practised of euery Christian." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A14004.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.
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God his due glory which belongs vnto him.
2. Wée can neither bée assured that we are Gods Children, nor that we haue right vnto any creature, before we make conscience to practise this dutie daily Rom. 8. 15. 16.
3. All things are sancti¦fied vnto vs by the word and by praier, therefore without praier euery thing workes to our condemna∣tion 1. Tim. 4. 5.
4. Without praier wée cannot looke to obtain any thing from God as a bles∣sing, nor to turne away any euil from vs Math. 7. 7.
5. Wée are no better then earth-wormes and worldlings, and not fit to
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speake of any thing well without praier Rom. 8. 5.
6. The Lord our God commandes vs all to step into the breach with godly Moses, and by harty praier to stay his hands from be¦ing auenged of the iniqui∣ties raigning amongst vs, Ezek. 22. 30.
7. God requires a dayly and constant course of praier at our hands, which hath béene the practise of the Saints of God in all ages Iob. 1. 1. Psal. 1.
8. God doth daily be∣stow blessings vpon vs, therefore wée must daily serue him, Lament. 3. 23. Psal. 103. 2.
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9. Because Satan is neuer wearie of tempting vs therefore wee should haue our loines girt and bee alwaies vpon our watch to resist him 1. Pet. 5. 8.
10. We haue not a daies warrant no not an houres certaintie of life, therefore wée are at no time to bée vnprepared, because wee know not the houre when our master commeth Math. 24. 42.
11. Wee are Pilgrimes and Trauellers in this World, and therefore wée must trauell each day home ward to our owne countrie Heb. 11. 10.
12. By our••calling wée are watchmen, Souldiers,
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&c. and therefore we must daily be exercised in this spiritual ware∣fare as 2. Tim. 2. 6.
FINIS.