stephen-charnock a-discourse-of-delight-in-prayer
Stephen Charnock
Public DomainChristian Classics
Chapters 50
- to practise the same wickedness, to arrive to the same prosperity. ≈ 4 min
- to practise the same wickedness, to arrive to the same prosperity. ≈ 4 min
- not by his providence allowed thee the same measures of prosperity in the ≈ 4 min
- not the worse of thy profession because it is attended with affliction. ≈ 4 min
- his precepts, must be linked together. It is but a pretended trust in God ≈ 4 min
- hide not thyself therefore in a corner, but keep thy sphere, run thy race, ≈ 4 min
- The command to rejoice precedes the command to pray : 1 Thes. v. 16, 17, ≈ 5 min
- Gospel discoveries are a feast, Isa. xxv. 6. Dulness becomes not such a ≈ 5 min
- with a gospel temper. God's people ought to be a willing people, Ps. ex. 3, ≈ 5 min
- 1. In desires. There is a delight in desire as well as in fruition, a ≈ 5 min
- 'happiness : Kom. v. 2, We rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.' Joy ≈ 5 min
- do afiect a gracious heart and fill it with pleasure, though itself be as if in a ≈ 5 min
- (1.) Active, which is an act of our souls in our approaches to God, when ≈ 5 min
- (1.) A settled delight. In strong and grown Christians, when prayer pro- ≈ 5 min
- in the heart. A man in prayer may have a cheerful countenance and a drowsy ≈ 6 min
- communion with him, enjoyment of him, is the great end of a believer in his ≈ 6 min
- and rules of prayer. First, David delights in God's testimonies, and then ≈ 6 min
- heaven. There is a delight in coming near God, and warming the soul by ≈ 6 min
- heavenly things. What delight others have in asking worldly goods, that a ≈ 6 min
- A gracious heart is most delighted with that prayer wherein grace hath been ≈ 6 min
- that is able to kindle this spiritual delight. It is the Holy Ghost that ≈ 5 min
- the lamp burn clear. There must not only be wind to drive, but sails to ≈ 5 min
- XV. 15. He that hath a good conscience must needs be cheerful in his ≈ 5 min
- great familiarity, there is a great delight ; delight in one another's company, ≈ 5 min
- ' Rejoicing in hope.' There cannot from hopes of enjoying : Rom. xii. 12, ≈ 5 min
- down, it doth not only take olf our thoughts from Egyptian garlic, but ≈ 5 min
- flat and dumpish temper is not for his honour. The heathens themselves ≈ 5 min
- expect an answer. Such desires are as arrows that sink down at our feet. ≈ 5 min
- speaks a kind of fear that God should grant our petitions. He that puts up ≈ 5 min
- wanted makes room for desire, and large desires make room for mercy. If ≈ 5 min
- Prayer, which is a duty wherein we express our wants, is delightful. There ≈ 5 min
- desire, what will there be in full fruition ! There is joy in seeking ; what ≈ 5 min
- prayer. It is an aggravation of our enmity to God-, (vh'ftn we can sin cheer- ≈ 5 min
- of an earthly, and an opportunity of an heavenly, gain. Consider which our ≈ 5 min
- of an earthly, and an opportunity of an heavenly, gain. Consider which our ≈ 5 min
- ourselves asleep than into a vigorous frame ? Do we enter into it with some ≈ 5 min
- time, when our nods are as many or more than our petitions, as though the ≈ 5 min
- glad when the Sabbath was over, that they might run to their buying and ≈ 5 min
- Do we think of the precept of God, which should spur us, and of the promise ≈ 5 min
- them ? Can we, though our hearts be never so lazy, stroke ourselves at the ≈ 5 min
- the right kind. ≈ 6 min
- of others we join with ? A man may rejoice in hearing the word, not because ≈ 6 min
- blessings, or some spiritual, as pardoning mercy, but in begging for refining ≈ 6 min
- ward things ? The psalmist's joy in God was more than his delight in the ≈ 6 min
- ' Serve the Lord with gladness, and rejoice before himhumbling ? Ps. ii. 11, ≈ 6 min
- we, like merchants, not only delight in the first launching of a ship, or the ≈ 6 min
- delight in praying, when a wanted mercy was begged ? The ten lepers ≈ 6 min
- knees for it ! God only gives this grace, and God only stirs this grace. ≈ 4 min
- root of all dumpishness. It was by the belief of the word we had life at ≈ 4 min
- God sends an invitation, and hoist up the sails when the wind begins to ≈ 4 min
| Author | Stephen Charnock |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Era | Puritan |
| Categories | Christian Classics · Theology |
| Topics | Prayer |
| Chapters | 50 |
| Formats | Web Book · PDF |
| Status | Public Domain |
Public Domain.
