Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	pray_v	prayer_n	supplication_n	6,912	5	11.1562	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51878	A perswasive to the consciencious frequenting the daily publick prayers of the Church of England in a sermon upon I Thessal. verse 17, and 18.	Mapletoft, John, 1631-1721.	1687 (1687)	Wing M562; ESTC R124	12,881	35

whether single Persons or the Community of which we are Members Fifthly From the general Consent and universal Practice of the Christian Churches of all Ages and Places throughout the World. 1. Then we Christians are obliged to frequent the daily publick Worship of God out of regard to his Authority who hath enjoined us so to do in this and the like places of Scripture such as are these following Ephes vj 18. Praying always 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 at every season with all Prayer and Supplication in the Spirit and watching thereunto with all Perseverance Luke xviij 1. Where our Saviour speaks a Parable to this end that men ought always to pray and not to faint 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not to be slothful remiss and negligent in this great Duty 1 Tim. 2.8 I will therefore that Men Pray every where Which both St. Basil and Beza do expound of Houses or Churches set apart for the Publick Worship of God in which St. Paul would have Christians to Pray and not only at the Temple in Jerusalem Dr. Patrick's Discourse concerning Prayer Now although it must be granted that none of these Scriptures do expresly enjoyn the daily use of Publick Prayers yet since these do more compleatly answer all the ends of Prayer than any private Devotion can do they must of necessity be comprehended and by parity of Reason chiefly designed in those general commands Besides that To Pray without ceasing or continually may be very properly expounded of our presenting our selves before God in his House as often as we are either obliged thereto by publick Authority or invited by the laudable Custom and Example of pious and well-disposed Persons For this in a popular and legal sence is doing a thing indesinently or without ceasing Dr. Barrow when we perform it so often as we are required by Law or Custom Thus the Priests are said Heb. 9.6 to go always into the Tabernacle accomplishing the service of God. Always i. e. at all those solemn times which were appointed for such Service and the Apostles are said Luke 24.53 after Christ's Ascension and their return to Jerusalem to have been continually in the Temple blessing and praising God. i. e. They went daily to the Temple at the usual times or hours of Prayer Since then we are commanded To Pray without coasing and to give thanks in every thing or upon every Occasion to pray always to pray every where in every season or upon every opportunity except a man shall be so absurd as to deny the solemn times set apart every day for Publick Devotion to be seasons and opportunities of Prayer the Material Church to be a place and the hours of Prayer to be any part of time and so to be necessarily included in the terms always without ceasing continually he must confess that all these Precepts of our Saviour and his Apostles may and ought by the Analogy of Faith and Deduction of right Reason to be interpreted at least as well of the Publick as of our Private Addresses to God. And consequently That we ought for this great Reason to be Assiduous and conscienciously Diligent in our daily Publick Approaches to God in his Sanctuary because this is a considerable part of our Duty as weare Christians Or This is the Will of God in Christ Jesus concerning us And the pious Wisdom of our Church having provided that not only on all the Lord's days and some few others set apart for special Reasons but on every day of the Week also Morning and Evening Prayer shall be openly read or said by the Gurate that Ministreth in every Church or Chapel being at home and not being otherwise reasonably hindred 't is hereby plainly intimated That every one who is not reasonably hindred should also come to hear it read every day A Bell being ordered to be tolled thereunto that the People may come to hear God's Word and to pray with the Minister As he who pleases may find at the end of the Discourse concerning the Church in the Book of Common-Prayer These things considered it will not certainly become any Wise and Good Man who Loves his God his Religion his Country or his own Soul usually and customarily or indeed at any time to absent himself from the daily Publick Worship of God without a very just and warrantable reason And he who allows himself in such plain Omissions of his Duty upon any unjustifiable account whatever denies to yield Obedience to this Precept Pray without ceasing since he ceases nay he refuses to Pray when the Providence of God the Direction and Order of the Church the Custom and Example of Devout Persons do strongly invite and follicite him by reforting to God's House and hearing his part in the Publick Worship to do open Honour to God and Advantage both to himself and the whole Church Militant 2. We are also obliged to frequent the Publick Prayers because we do thereby bring Glory and Honour to God and give Credit and Reputation to our Religion and that in much greater Degrees than we can do by any private Addresses to him either in our Closers or with our Families For tho' it be true that we may Worship God acceptably at home and it is both our Duty and our Advantage so to do yet since Honour and Glory are properly outward Significations of the inward value and regard we have for Persons we do not properly honour and glorifie God in our private Devotions but do then more especially give him the honour due unto his Name and make his Name to be Glorious when we Pray unto and Praise him before much People For when we every day make our Court to him as to the great King and Lord of all and wait upon him in his own House we thereby give a publick Testimony of the Esteem and Reverence we have for him We own our selves to be of his Family and Retinue to depend upon him and to hold all we have as from him by the daily publick Homage we thus pay unto him Hereby we may also properly be said to serve God or to do our Duty to him in promoting his Interest if I may so speak by keeping up and maintaining a lively sence of his being in the Hearts of Men and propagating and advancing Conceptions of him Worthy of his Greatness and transcendent Majesty of his infinite Wisdom Power and Goodness when we thus avowedly celebrate him as the Universal yersal Parent Preserver and Governour of Mankind who alone understands and alone is both able and willing to supply the wants of all his Creatures who invoke and depend upon him Hereby we likewise bring Credit and Reputation to our Religion which can hardly be supported without such Visible Profession We openly declare our selves it's Champions and that we are not ashamed of our Blessed Lord nor of his Words or the Laws of his holy Institution in the midst of a crooked and perverse a scoffing and Atheistical Generation We let