Excerpt from Prayers: With a Discourse on Prayer Several of these Prayers were found, written out, ready for the press, for a volume intended to be published. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Discourses on Prayer: View of the Covenant of Works, From the Sacred Records; A Memorial Concerning Personal and Family Fasting and Humiliation There are natural desires, which are the mere product of our own spirits, offered unto God, but not regarded as prayer (hos. Vii. By the Lord. These may be not only for temporal things but for Spiritual also, as those who said to Christ, Lord evermore give us this bread. A natural man, from a gift of prayer, may seek grace and glory, as a bridge to lead him over the waters of Wrath; but coming only from their own Spirits, such a prayer is not acceptable. There are spiritual desires, Zech. Xii. 10; which the saints breathe out unto God, having them first breathed into them by the Spirit, Rom. Viii. 26. And these may be for temporal things, as well as spiritual, accepted, seeing they are put up in a. Spiritual man ner. These are always sincere and fervent, so as the soul earnestly craves the things sought. Thirdly, The matter of prayer, or what we are to petition and seek for. These are, the things that are agreeable to God's will. To pray for the fulfilling of unlawful desires, is horrid, Jam. Iv. 3. But the will of God is the rule of our prayers, I John v. 14, This is the confidence that we have in him. That if we ask anything ac cording to his will, he heareth us. We find the will of God in his commands and promises. Whatever God has commanded us to seek, whatever he has promised, that we may and ought to pray for. These are, Spiritual mercies, grace, glory, the increase of grace, comforts, &c. Temporal mercies, health, strength, &c., mercies relating to our bodies and temporal estate in the world. Some have no freedom to bring their temporal concerns to their prayers. Ans. That we may and ought to do it, is plain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A Discourse Concerning Prayer: And the Frequenting Daily Public Prayers The popular views on the subject of Prayer can hardly be sound, when a very large propor tion of our manuals of private devotion, are painful contrasts, both in tone and feeling, in manner and matter, to our Book of Common Prayer; and when the privilege of public Prayers in our Churches daily throughout the year, is so little valued among us, that except in our Cathedrals, our Colleges, and in some Churches in our larger towns, the daily service has been wholly discontinued. Sin, whether national or individual, is sure, even in this world, to prove its own punishment. Our forefathers in their zeal for reformation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Prayer of Prayers: Twelve Discourses on the Lords̓ Prayer This attempt to elaborate some of its more important truths is published with the hope and prayer that it may contribute to the culti vation of the spirit of true worship, and so promote the growth of true religion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Prayers, for the Use of Families and Individuals: Including a Prayer Adapted to Each Discourse, in Three Volumes of Sermons by the Same Author, and Also, Forms Suited to Particular Occasions To give as great a variety as I could, I have thought it best, afier'fumishing a Week's Prayers upon the usual general plan, to conhue myself nearly tonne leading thought in each prayer, such as the several Divine Attributes, and the chief aflections of mind which it becomes as to cherish towatds the great and only object of religious worship. By this means, the devotions of the morning may form a somewhat distinct subject of contemplation through the whole of the day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Prayers for All Occasions: Companion to Prayers New and Old The reasons for this are various, but there is one in particular which is undoubtedly common. Here is a personal note from one who had found out where his own trouble lay. I knew that my prayer life was not what it should be. My prayers were loose, haphazard, unarranged. More often than not, I felt the need of forgiveness for the casualness and insincerity of my praying. And then one day I found where the trouble lay. It was just that I was not going the right way about it. My prayers were not properly ordered: I had not given any thought to them before I got on my knees. I was not making of my prayers a solemn and deliberate act of worship. There are, of course, times in everyone's life when prayer cannot wait to be organized: moments when prayer is the anguished utterance of a break ing heart, or the formless cry of the soul for grace and courage to live through the next twenty-four hours. No plan of prayer will serve then. But nor mally pe0p1e do need a plan, a method of devotion; they need to have a clear idea both of what they are going to pray for and of what order their prayers will follow: what shall come first, and so forth. They also need prayers ready to hand from which they can make a sort of cycle of prayer for a week or a month, so they will not be repeating the same prayers day after day until they have be come monotonous, and perhaps unreal. It is hoped that this book of Prayers For All Occasions will help to meet this personal need, and also provide material for use in prayer groups and occasional evening services in Church. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Nine Discourses on Prayer Never regarded it at all, or have declined in the fpirit and frequency of it. After all, it ought perhaps to be acknowledged, that this volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.