FOR A FRIEND. The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day. 2 Tim. i. 18. BEFORE PRAYER. Lord, teach us to pray. Luke xi. 1. Quicken us and we will call upon thy name. Psalm lxxx. 18. BEFORE READING THE SCRIPTURES. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Psalm cxix. 18. GOING TO CHURCH. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. Psalm lxxxiv. 1, 2. We will go into his tabernacles; we will worship at his footstool. Psalm cxxxii. 7. ENTERING GOD'S HOUSE. This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. Gen. xxviii. 17. ON HEARING THE SCRIPTURES. Sanctify us through thy truth: thy word is truth. John xvii. 17. AFTER WORSHIP. The good Lord pardon every one that prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. 2 Chron. xxx. 18, 19. OCCASIONAL EJACULATIONS. O Lord, be gracious unto us, we have waited for thee. Isaiah xxxiii. 2. Father, glorify thy name. John xii. 28. Matt. viii. 25. Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. x. 47. Mark Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. Luke v. 12. Lord, I believe: help thou mine unbelief. Mark ix. 24. THE LORD'S PRAYER. OUR Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven; give us this day our daily bread: and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen, INDEX. Abraham's example in family worship 151 Adam, Rev. Thomas, his Private Thoughts, quoted ........244, 249 middle life, and the aged Adoration, to be a part of prayer ................. Analysis of prayer, from Bishop Wilkins Anselm, Bishop, quoted ..258-262 .186, 187 duty when prayers answered, or not 193 139 34 245 35 Answers to prayer, chapter on Approach to public worship, directions for Assistance of the Holy Spirit in prayer (see Holy Ghost) his spirit of prayer for the world at large Behaviour, a due, in the house of God Being, we have to worship his character as a Father his majesty, his grace, and mercy Blessing, example of, in prayer 59, 113 206 142 64 65, 66 310 28 ......... 104 117 63 143 247 260 .2, 79, 106 57 155 34 .... ....... 154 .............. Buchanan, Dr. his observations on family worship Calm at Sea, figure to illustrate the need of divine aid example of Conformity to the World to be avoided Conversation among Christians, observations on Church of England liturgy praised by Dissenters its testimony to the need of the Spirit's assistance Church, or place set apart for public worship, observations on. Confessions of sin, observations on, (see Forms of Prayer) original corruption 138 38, 39 138 249 77 77 224 191 215 220 204 205 207 209 211 8 8 9 9 10 Denial of prayer, reasons for Devotional feelings merely, may be without real devotion their nature great evil in them hints to avoid them lessons inculcated through them Duty of prayer, proved by its being natural and reasonable it is an act of homage due to God the command and threatenings of God indispensable for the obtaining of grace Ejaculatory prayer, described examples of persons using it ........ Enlargement of the kingdom of Christ, or a spirit of prayer for divine power necessary to accomplish it a blessing has ever attended it it gives God all the glory 11 177 177 329 193 195 196 197 198 199 201 united prayers specially efficacious 202 314, 317 109 281, 284 family 298, 301 303 Examples of prayer, our Lord's 11, 121, 152 Exhortation to constant prayer 253 those who have neglected it 253 255 Eye of God, to be remembered as seeing our hearts in prayer Faith in the being and goodness of God necesssary that we should obtain what we ask Family worship, observations on examples of Freedom and boldness of access desirable and perseverance necessary in prayer Gift and grace of prayer distinguished prayer for Godwin's observations on the denial of prayer Grace before and after meals Gray, his queries to detect the want of spirit of prayer Groanings of the Spirit, meaning explained. Growth of a devout spirit 154 155 156 160 161 168 168 191 71, 134, 267 267 243 109 247 39 163 268 190 167 221 42 179 175 177 180 181 224 171 243 163 223 37 Howe, extract from his Treatise on Family Worship Ignorance, our natural, on the subject of prayer 238 160 |