The Puritans on Prayer
Do you desire greater fellowship with God? The Puritans did, and this collection of their writings on prayer invites us to join them. They not only call us to prayer, but they also explain its various facets and instruct us on how to thrive in it. Here is encouragement in the duty and privilege of pouring out your soul to the Lord.
Works included in this volume:
- The Saint’s Daily Exercise by John Preston
- The Spirit of Prayer by Nathaniel Vincent
- Secret Prayer Successfully Managed by Samuel Lee
One of the marks of a hypocrite, according to Jonathan Edwards, is the absence of prayer, the essential language of a reborn soul. The Puritans exemplified a life of prayer, and this collection of three classic Puritan articles provide their practical advice for us on how to improve the quality and fervency of our own prayers.
John Preston’s The Saint's Daily Exercise is the quintessential Puritan work on prayer.
Nathaniel Vincent’s The Spirit of Prayer is full of practical exhortations for perseverance in prayer.
Samuel Lee’s Secret Prayer Successfully Managed meditates on the quiet joys of spontaneous communion with God.
Contents:
Editor’s Note
The Saint’s Daily Exercise by John Preston
To the Reader
Sermon One: “What Prayer Is”
Sermon Two: “Praying Continually and Impediments”
Sermon Three: “Cases of Conscience”
Sermon Four: “What Makes Prayer Acceptable”
Sermon Five: “Questions and Answers”
The Spirit of Prayer by Nathaniel Vincent
Introduction
Doctrine One: Praying Always
Doctrine Two: All Prayer
Doctrine Three: Supplication in the Spirit
Doctrine Four: Watch in Prayer
Doctrine Five: Persevere in Prayer
Doctrine Six: Supplication for All Saints
Secret Prayer Successfully Managed, by Samuel Lee
Life of the Author
Secret Prayer Successfully Managed
Directions, Special and Peculiar to Secret Prayer
How to Discover and Discern Answers to Secret Prayer
Some Particular Queries
Ejaculatory Prayer
