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A Collection of Family Prayers; With Various Occasional Forms, from the Devotional Writings of Sundry Authors - Couverture souple
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Family Prayer is an indispensa Ueduty a7nl an important means of religiont are points generally alloived and here taken for granted. If this collection should fall into the hands of any who need to be convinced of either, they are referred to the many excellent discourses which have been published on the subject. A mong the excuses urged for the omission of this duty 9one of the most frequent is the want of ability or confidence to pray in ilie presence of others. Where this is the case, the most natural and proper advice is Make use of forms, The expedience of so doing, we shall not attemj)t to prove. It is admitted by the best Divines, several of whom have published forms for the use of families. We are far from discouraging the use of extemporary prayer. It has many advantages peculiar to itself. And some common Ch isiians possess such a talent for it, that the substitution of any precomposed form ivould rather injure than assist the fnnily devotion. There are, hotverer, some serious people, who are deslituie (f this gft or pcasess it in a moderate dcpee.
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