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Unto thee will I pray,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Unto thee will I pray,","proofs":["Psalm 5:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 5:2","osis":["Ps.5.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is it in a particular manner the duty of the afflicted?","answer":"Yes. Is any afflicted? Let him pray,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Is any afflicted? Let him pray,","proofs":["James 5:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"James 5:13","osis":["Jas.5.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But do all men pray?","answer":"No. For some restrain prayer before God,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For some restrain prayer before God,","proofs":["Job 15:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 15:4","osis":["Job.15.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is ejaculatory prayer a duty?","answer":"Yes. So I prayed to the God of heaven,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"So I prayed to the God of heaven,","proofs":["Nehemiah 2:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Nehemiah 2:4","osis":["Neh.2.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And secret prayer?","answer":"Yes. When thou prayest enter into thy closet,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"When thou prayest enter into thy closet,","proofs":["Matthew 6:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 6:6","osis":["Matt.6.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And family prayer?","answer":"Yes. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord,","proofs":["Joshua 24:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Joshua 24:5","osis":["Josh.24.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And public prayer?","answer":"Yes. My house is the house of prayer,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"My house is the house of prayer,","proofs":["Luke 19:46"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 19:46","osis":["Luke.19.46"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And should we conscientiously attend to prayer of every kind?","answer":"Yes. Praying always with all prayer,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Praying always with all prayer,","proofs":["Ephesians 6:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 6:18","osis":["Eph.6.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is God the object of prayer?","answer":"Yes. O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come,","proofs":["Psalm 65:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 65:2","osis":["Ps.65.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And is the offering up of our desire to him the essence of prayer?","answer":"Yes. Unto thee do I lift up my soul,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Unto thee do I lift up my soul,","proofs":["Psalm 25:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 25:1","osis":["Ps.25.1"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Must these desires be presented through Christ?","answer":"Yes. Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you,","proofs":["John 16:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 16:23","osis":["John.16.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And by the assistance of the Holy Spirit?","answer":"Yes. I will pray with the Spirit,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I will pray with the Spirit,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 14:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 14:15","osis":["1Cor.14.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And be in all things regulated by his revealed will?","answer":"Yes. For this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will he heareth us,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will he heareth us,","proofs":["1 John 5:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 John 5:14","osis":["1John.5.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is invocation a part of prayer?","answer":"Yes. O God, thou art my God, early will I seek thee,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"O God, thou art my God, early will I seek thee,","proofs":["Psalm 63:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 63:1","osis":["Ps.63.1"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And adoration?","answer":"Yes. O Lord my God, thou art very great, thou art clothed with honour and majesty,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"O Lord my God, thou art very great, thou art clothed with honour and majesty,","proofs":["Psalm 104:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 104:1","osis":["Ps.104.1"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And confession?","answer":"Yes. Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight,","proofs":["Luke 15:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 15:21","osis":["Luke.15.21"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And supplication?","answer":"Yes. Lord, if thou wilt thou canst make me clean,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Lord, if thou wilt thou canst make me clean,","proofs":["Matthew 8:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 8:2","osis":["Matt.8.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And pleading?","answer":"Yes. Remember thy word unto thy servant,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Remember thy word unto thy servant,","proofs":["Psalm 119:49"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 119:49","osis":["Ps.119.49"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And intercession?","answer":"Yes. I exhort that supplication be made for all men,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I exhort that supplication be made for all men,","proofs":["1 Timothy 2:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Timothy 2:1","osis":["1Tim.2.1"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And thanksgiving?","answer":"Yes. Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks,","proofs":["Psalm 75:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 75:1","osis":["Ps.75.1"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Should we pray with judgment?","answer":"Yes. I will pray with understanding,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I will pray with understanding,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 14:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 14:15","osis":["1Cor.14.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And with humility?","answer":"Yes. Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but this once,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but this once,","proofs":["Genesis 18:32"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 18:32","osis":["Gen.18.32"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And with sincerity?","answer":"Yes. Ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart,","proofs":["Jeremiah 29:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jeremiah 29:13","osis":["Jer.29.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And in faith?","answer":"Yes. Whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive,","proofs":["Matthew 21:22"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 21:22","osis":["Matt.21.22"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Must our prayers be particular?","answer":"Yes. I would order my cause before him,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I would order my cause before him,","proofs":["Job 23:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 23:4","osis":["Job.23.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And importunate?","answer":"Yes. I will not let thee go, except thou bless me,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I will not let thee go, except thou bless me,","proofs":["Genesis 32:26"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 32:26","osis":["Gen.32.26"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And submissive?","answer":"Yes. Not as I will, but as thou wilt,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Not as I will, but as thou wilt,","proofs":["Matthew 26:39"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 26:39","osis":["Matt.26.39"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And joined with suitable endeavours?","answer":"Yes. Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward,","proofs":["Exodus 14:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Exodus 14:15","osis":["Exod.14.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And constant?","answer":"Yes. Pray without ceasing,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Pray without ceasing,","proofs":["1 Thessalonians 5:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Thessalonians 5:17","osis":["1Thess.5.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And are such prayers likely to be effectual?","answer":"Yes. For God will fulfil the desire of them that fear him,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For God will fulfil the desire of them that fear him,","proofs":["Psalm 145:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 145:19","osis":["Ps.145.19"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Do all that pray succeed in prayer?","answer":"No. When ye make many prayers I will not hear,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"When ye make many prayers I will not hear,","proofs":["Isaiah 1:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 1:15","osis":["Isa.1.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Will a bad principle hinder the success of prayer?","answer":"Yes. If I regard iniquity in my heart, God will not hear me,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"If I regard iniquity in my heart, God will not hear me,","proofs":["Psalm 66:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 66:18","osis":["Ps.66.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And a bad intention?","answer":"Yes. Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts,","proofs":["James 4:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"James 4:3","osis":["Jas.4.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And will a want of success in prayer soon lead to a neglect of it?","answer":"Yes. For what profit should we have if we pray unto him?","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For what profit should we have if we pray unto him?","proofs":["Job 21:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 21:15","osis":["Job.21.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}