A Puritan at Heart

Daily quote from the puritans

Set sin before thine eyes

Keep fresh in your remembrance some particular sin or other, when you come to prayer, it will help you in confession; it is barrenness as I told you that you do not see what matter you have to confess, that makes you so scanted in your confession; would you but present some particular sin when you come to God, you would be in a better plight to confess sin to God; this the Psalmist doth, 51. Verse 3. For I acknowledge my transgressions and my sin is ever before me. he means the sin of adultery. When David came to prayer, he would put before his eyes the sin of adultery; now set thy sin before thee. Art thou a drunkard? set thy drunkenness before  thee; art thou an adulterer? set thy uncleanness before thee. Art thou an extortioner? then set thy oppression before thee. set sin before thine eyes when thou comest prayer and that is the way to feed thy spirits with confessions to God in a prayer. [Christopher Love]

February 25, 2007 Posted by Deejay | Christopher Love | | No Comments