Excerpt from Discourses on Prayer: View of the Covenant of Works, From the Sacred Records, A Memorial Concerning Personal and Family Fasting and HumiliationThese words are an exhortation brie¿y delivered, as laws use to be, and therein we have, 1. A duty proposed, Pray. 2. The manner of it, without ceasing.I. We have the duty itself, Pray. It may be asked, What is prayer? I answer, It is an Offering up of our desires to God, for things agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgement of his mercies. Here I Shall consider.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.