Motives to holy living, or, Heads for meditation divided into consideratins, counsels, duties : together with some forms of devotion in litanies, collects, doxologies, &c.
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Motives to holy living, or, Heads for meditation divided into consideratins, counsels, duties : together with some forms of devotion in litanies, collects, doxologies, &c.
Author
R. H., 1609-1678.
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Oxford :: [s.n.],
1688.
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Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
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"Motives to holy living, or, Heads for meditation divided into consideratins, counsels, duties : together with some forms of devotion in litanies, collects, doxologies, &c." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A66967.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
Pages
§. 131.
Advanta∣ges to Pray∣er.
53. Using when you can those advantages your Prayers receive
1. From the communion of other Saints in publick Assem∣blies where is your worship of God more openly profest, and so he by you more glorified (See Heb. 10.25.) a grea∣ter promise of God's presence (Matt. 18.20.) a greater pre∣sence of the Angels (1. Cor. 11.10.) in religious assemblies,* 1.1* 1.2 your common prayers, as forces united (whilst every one in the plural prays for all) more powerful. Graces, and spiritual favours more ordinarily then bestowed (Act. 2.1.
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—4.41. —13.2. — 1. Cor. 14.24, 25.30. —2. Chron. 20.14.) add to these, the presence of the Priest, and of some men of greater sanctity more favourably heard of God, the benefit of whose prayers you partake; consecration of the place &c.
2. In such publick service applying the general praise, petition, &c. to your own particular necessities, benefits re∣ceived &c. Intercessions, to those to whom you have more relation. And in confession of sin, and some other actions, changing universals [us, our, &c.] into [me, I,] which experience will shew you to make your prayers more af∣fectionate, and attentive; excepting to those, who have attained more perfection.