PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Complete Works of Thomas Manton — Volume 17
Thomas Manton · 311,929 words · 307 reading sections
Section 301
(5.) This praying without ceasing is to be interpreted of the univer- sality and the frequency of the return of the occasions and opportunities of prayer ; and we may be said to do that without ceasing which we do very often. So that though the act of prayer be intermitted, the course of prayer should not be interrupte…
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[3.] The ceasing of the daily sacrifice was accounted to be a great part of the misery occasioned by the abomination of desolation: Dan. ix. 27, ' And in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the over-spreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the ci'…
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3. With respect to the new nature, or the temper and disposition of the saints. Prayer is the cry of the new creature, a work natural and kindly to the saints : Zech. xii. 10, ' I will pour upon the house of David, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication.' A spirit of grace will soon b…
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SERMON UPON I THESSALONIANS V. 17. 499 end, the glory of God, and regulateth all our choices and desires by it. The fruit of prayer increaseth love : Ps. cxvi 1, 2, ' I love the Lord because he hath heard my voice and my supplications ; because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long a…
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(2.) The very praying often inferreth an obligation of greater strict- ness, that we may be such out of duty as we profess to be in duty : 1 Peter i. 17, 'And if ye call on thePather, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear ; ' 2 Tim. ii. 19, '…
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Use 2. It informeth us of a necessary truth ; if we must pray ever- more, then there must be an endeavour to keep up our hearts still in a praying temper, or in a disposition to go to God upon all occasions, that when God offereth these occasions, there may not want a suitable frame of heart. The disposition and temper…
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Use 3. To exhort us to pray without ceasing, Consider — 1. The throne of grace, which God hath erected in the midst of his people, standeth always upon. God doth not keep terms and days of audience. The high priest was not to be too familiar with God to come to him, but once in a year ; but we may come every day : Heb…
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.