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Prayer

by John Bunyan

Even in today’s secular world, scholars continue to be fascinated by the influences behind John Bunyan’s famous allegories, The Pilgrims Progress and The Holy War . In the pages of this book we discover part of the real secret of Bunyan’s greatness. He was a man whose life was profoundly God-centred, and consequently he was a man of prayer.

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Prayer — Interior page
Interior page
Prayer — Interior page
Interior page

Publication

Date published
Oct 4, 2022
Print status
In print

The Physical Book

Binding
Paperback
Dust jacket
No
Total pages
176 pages
ISBN-13
9781800402706

Reference

E-book / audio
ePub, Mobi
Publisher page
View at publisher

Contents

  • Publisher’s Foreword
  • PART I: Praying in the Spirit
  • 1. What True Prayer Is
  • 2. What It Is to Pray with the Spirit
  • 3. What It Is to Pray with the Spirit and with the Understanding
  • 4. Queries and Objections Answered
  • 5. Use and Application
  • 6. The Conclusion
  • PART II: The Throne of Grace
  • 1. God Has More Thrones than One
  • 2. The Godly Can Distinguish One Throne from Another
  • i. There is a throne of grace
  • - Import of the term ‘grace’
  • - What is to be inferred from the term, ‘throne of grace’?
  • - What this throne of grace is
  • - Where the throne of grace is erected
  • - Why the law and the mercy-seat are so near together
  • ii. How the godly distinguish the throne of grace from other thrones
  • iii. The Persons Intended by the Exhortation ‘Let Us Come’
  • - The orderly coming to the throne of grace
  • iv. How We Are to Approach the Throne of Grace
  • - What it is to come to the throne of grace without boldness
  • - None but the godly know the throne of grace
  • v. Motives for Coming Boldly to the Throne of Grace
  • - Because we have such an high priest there
  • - The legal qualifications of Jesus Christ for the office of high priest
  • - Christ the sacrifice as well as the high priest, and how he offered it
  • - Christ a willing and an effectual sacrifice
  • - Christ the altar
  • - How Christ executes the office of high priest
  • - How these mysteries are to be learned
  • - The natural qualifications of Jesus Christ to be our high priest
  • - Because we are sure to speed
  • - Saints are like to meet with needy times
  • - Continual supplies of grace are essential to our welfare
  • What this should teach us
  • vi. Conclusion
  • - Six lessons to be learned from this text