The Valley of Vision: A collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions Author: Arthur G. Bennett | Language: English | ISBN:
0851512283 | Format: EPUB
The Valley of Vision: A collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions Description
- Paperback: 223 pages
- Publisher: Banner of Truth; Reprint edition (November 1, 1975)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0851512283
- ISBN-13: 978-0851512280
- Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
This is truly an invaluable collection. With a little less than 200 prayers, I read one almost every morning during the week, and this lasts me roughly the year. Obviously, these prayers fall within the Reformed tradition, which is more than a little important. Other reviewers have covered what remaining points there might be to make about this book, so I'm going to end by including an example to give you a taste of what is within. This is by no means the best of the prayers; it simply fit my fancy at the time I read it:
"The Name of Jesus" (p. 21)
All-Searching God,
Thou readest the heart,
viewest principles and motives of actions,
seest more defilement in my duties
than I ever saw in any of my sins.
The heavens are not clean in thy sight,
and thou chargest the angels with folly;
I am ready to flee from myself because of my abominations;
Yet thou dost not abhor me
but hast devised means for my return to thee,
and that, by thy Son who died to give me life.
Thine honour is secured and displayed even in my escape from
thy threats,
and that, by means of Jesus
in whom mercy and truth meet together,
and righteousness and peace kiss each other.
In Him the enslaved find redemption,
the guilty pardon,
the unholy renovation;
In Him are everlasting strength for the weak,
unsearchable riches for the needy,
treasures of wisdom and knowledge for the ignorant,
fullness for the empty.
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