...said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.-Luke xvii. 5. And he spake a parable unto them, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; saying, There was in a city, a judge, &c. Shall not (iod avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, &c. I tell you 146 147 that...

...MORNING AND AT NOON WILL I PRAY AND CRY ALOUD; AND HE SHALL HEAR MY VOICE." fsa. Iv. 17. " AND HE (JESUS) SPAKE A PARABLE UNTO THEM TO THIS END, THAT MEN OUGHT ALWAYS TO PRAY, AND NOT TO FAINT." Luke xviii. I. THE WICKED FLEE WHEN NO MAN PURSUETH." * Siarilefr fffcief. IEAR," says...

...LORD in ceasing to pray for you : but 1 will teach you the good and the right way, 1 Sam. xii. ИЗ. And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint, Luke rviii. 1. Peter therefore was kept in prison : but prayer was made without ceasing...

...together. SECTION XXXVII. Christ teacheth the true nature of Prayer. LUKE xviii. 1—8. Lu. xViü. 1. And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint : 2. Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man :...

...30; James, v. 16. 5. Declarations and examples authorizing the repetition of unsuccessful prayer: " And he spake a parable unto them, to this end, that men ought always to pray and not to faint."—" And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same...

...unto them , Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together. CHAP. XVIII. A ND Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the not to faint ; 2 Saying, There wag in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man :...

...practice, but of doctrine : he not only authorizes it by his example, but enjoins it by his precepts. " He spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray and not to faint." He would not have delivered a parable ' upon it if he had not meant both to authorize,...

...practice, but of doctrine : he not only authorizes it by his example, but enjoins it by his precepts. " He spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray and not to faint." He would not have delivered a parable upon it if he had not meant both to authorize,...

...Him." And further he encourages to pray, Luke xviii. " He spake a parable unto them, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint, saying : There was in a city a judge, that feared not God, neither regarded man. And there was a widow in that city, and she came to him,...

...such principle. — Accordingly Luke introduces the mention of one of Christ's parables thus — " And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray and not to faint," — that is, to illustrate the efficacy of persevering, importunate prayer, — and...