13 April, 2020

Third kind of petitionary prayer—the imprecatory 1/3

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            Third. Imprecatory prayer; wherein the Chris­tian imprecates the vengeance of God upon the ene­mies of God and his people ....
12 April, 2020

Second object of deprecatory prayer - How the Christian is to pray against temporal sufferings 4/4

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   It was the speech of a gracious woman when on the very marches of death: ‘O Lord, send me not to hell among such filthy company, whi...
11 April, 2020

Second object of deprecatory prayer - How the Christian is to pray against temporal sufferings 3/4

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    (d)  Thou mayest not only deprecate these evils in thy affections, but also  pray believingly for a happy issue out of them all .  ...
10 April, 2020

Second object of deprecatory prayer - How the Christian is to pray against temporal sufferings 2/4

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  [2.]  Affirmatively —how he may and should pray against sufferings; and in these particulars following.             (a)  Deprecate ...
09 April, 2020

Second object of deprecatory prayer - How the Christian is to pray against temporal sufferings 1/4

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Object .  The second object of deprecatory prayer is  suffering .  Sin brought suffering into the world.  Sin is indeed the elder twin, b...
08 April, 2020

Five particulars to be observed in praying against the defilement of sin 4/4

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     (d)  Pray against the power of thy lusts as  a branch of the gospel covenant .  God is not bound by the first covenant to stir a f...
07 April, 2020

Five particulars to be observed in praying against the defilement of sin 3/4

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     (c)  Again, God, who bids thee pray against thy lusts, commands thee also to  take the sword of his word, by meditating on it, and...
06 April, 2020

Five particulars to be observed in praying against the defilement of sin 2/4

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       Question . But how may we come to know that our hearts are sincere or hypocritical in praying against the defiling power of sin?...
05 April, 2020

Five particulars be observed in praying against the defilement of sin 1/4

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            (a)   Be sure thou comest with a  deep abhorrence of thyself for that sin-filth which cleaves to thee .  This is called ‘kn...
04 April, 2020

Five particulars to be observed in praying against guilt 3/3

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 In earthly courts, when the man dies his cause dies with him, because out of their jurisdiction, and past their summons.  But, at deat...