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Prayer is a principal branch of religious worship , which we are moved to by the
very light of nature , and obliged by some of its fundamental laws . Pythagoras ' s
golden verses begin with this precept , . Whatever men make a God of they pray ...
Prayer is a principal branch of religious worship , which we are moved to by the
very light of nature , and obliged by some of its fundamental laws . Pythagoras ' s
golden verses begin with this precept , . Whatever men make a God of they pray ...
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With Scripture Expressions, Proper to be Used Under Each Head Matthew Henry.
ourselves , not to move and oblige God : Clem . Alexandrinus , Strom . 7 . p . 722
Edit . Colon . calls prayer ( with an ex . cuse for the boldness of the expression ) ...
With Scripture Expressions, Proper to be Used Under Each Head Matthew Henry.
ourselves , not to move and oblige God : Clem . Alexandrinus , Strom . 7 . p . 722
Edit . Colon . calls prayer ( with an ex . cuse for the boldness of the expression ) ...
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Christ had taught his disciples the Lord ' s prayer , and yet tells them , John , xvi .
24 , that hitherto they had asked nothing ; i . e . nothing in comparison with what
they should ask when the spirit should be poured out , to abide with the church ...
Christ had taught his disciples the Lord ' s prayer , and yet tells them , John , xvi .
24 , that hitherto they had asked nothing ; i . e . nothing in comparison with what
they should ask when the spirit should be poured out , to abide with the church ...
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Divers heads of prayer may no doubt be added to those which I have here put
together , and many scrip - . ture expressions too , under each head , ( for I have
only set down such as first occurred to my thoughts and many other expressions
...
Divers heads of prayer may no doubt be added to those which I have here put
together , and many scrip - . ture expressions too , under each head , ( for I have
only set down such as first occurred to my thoughts and many other expressions
...
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I . Of the FIRST part of PRAYER , which is ad . dress to God , adoration of him ,
with suitable acknowledgments , professions and preparatory requests . p . 11 .
CHAP . II . Of the SECOND part of PRAYER , which is confession of sin ,
complaints ...
I . Of the FIRST part of PRAYER , which is ad . dress to God , adoration of him ,
with suitable acknowledgments , professions and preparatory requests . p . 11 .
CHAP . II . Of the SECOND part of PRAYER , which is confession of sin ,
complaints ...
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Page 152 - We bless Thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life ; but above all, for Thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ ; for the means of grace and for the hope of glory.
Page 136 - That He may incline our hearts unto Him to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments, and His statutes, and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers.
Page 21 - Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written; Which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Page 129 - When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity.
Page 20 - Thou, even thou, art LORD alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Page 99 - ... wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season (if need be) ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations ; that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ...
Page 136 - Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make us perfect in every good work to do his will, working in us that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 86 - If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father: and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world,
Page 100 - For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
Page 136 - Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: 5.
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| Title | A Method for Prayer: With Scripture Expressions, Proper to be Used Under Each Head |
| Author | Matthew Henry |
| Publisher | Peter A. Johnson, Jacob Mann, printer., 1818 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 20 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 202 pages |
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