The Spirit of PrayerPeirce and Parker, 1832 - 187 pages |
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... commanded to pray ; and not only commanded , but urged - by motives , promises , and all possible.
... commanded to pray ; and not only commanded , but urged - by motives , promises , and all possible.
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... commanded , in the performance of which lies safety ; and that is , praying . 2. The extent of this duty , it must be always , and it must be with all prayer . 3. The due qualifications of this duty , which are 36 PRAY ALWAYS .
... commanded , in the performance of which lies safety ; and that is , praying . 2. The extent of this duty , it must be always , and it must be with all prayer . 3. The due qualifications of this duty , which are 36 PRAY ALWAYS .
Page 54
... commanded 66 David to keep his precepts diligently . David takes hold of this , and cries out , " Oh that my ways were directed , that I might keep thy statutes ! " Psalm cxix . 4 , 5. He requires that we should love and fear him ; we ...
... commanded 66 David to keep his precepts diligently . David takes hold of this , and cries out , " Oh that my ways were directed , that I might keep thy statutes ! " Psalm cxix . 4 , 5. He requires that we should love and fear him ; we ...
Page 55
... . " Saints indeed on earth may pray one for another , because God has commanded it ; it maintains love among them , and the strongest need the prayers of the weak- er . How earnestly does the apostle Paul beseech the PRAY ALWAYS . 55.
... . " Saints indeed on earth may pray one for another , because God has commanded it ; it maintains love among them , and the strongest need the prayers of the weak- er . How earnestly does the apostle Paul beseech the PRAY ALWAYS . 55.
Page 63
... Prayer is an undermining of Satan . The powers of hell have felt the force of this duty . Christ commanded his disci- ples to pray , when he perceived the devil about to winnow them : " Pray that ye enter PRAY ALWAYS . 63.
... Prayer is an undermining of Satan . The powers of hell have felt the force of this duty . Christ commanded his disci- ples to pray , when he perceived the devil about to winnow them : " Pray that ye enter PRAY ALWAYS . 63.
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Page 42 - Who in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto Him that was able to save Him from death, and was heard in that He feared...
Page 96 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are : for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 74 - ... Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh...
Page 55 - For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Page 94 - And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
Page xxv - If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? 12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
Page 82 - O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs; let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
Page 52 - And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us. And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.
Page 121 - But ye beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Page ix - Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud : and he shall hear my voice.