The Bible and the Closet was a book written by the Puritan stalwart, Thomas Watson and includes Secret Prayer Successfully Managed by Rev. Samuel Lee. These were two ministers removed from the Church of England in 1662 due to the Act of Uniformity. We recommend this book to anyone who is looking to better understand the Bible and also develop an effective (yet secret) prayer life. We have updated these timeless works into modernized English for your enjoyment and spiritual growth! The first section of this book aims to answer the question: How can we read the Scriptures for the greatest spiritual benefit? The second section of this book aims to provide a practical deep dive on how to properly engage in private prayer, which is the pinnacle of being a child of God. The final section of the book is about spontaneous prayer: a sudden, brief expression of the soul to God in a moment of unexpected urgency.

Excerpt from The Bible and the Closet: Or How We May Read the Scriptures With the Most Spiritual Profit Brown of Haddington, in his general history, has the following remarks: Never perhaps, since the apostolic age, was the Christian system better understood than by the British divines under Crom well. The Puritans, says Robert Hall, are unquestionably the safest of all uninspired guides. The masculine sense, the profound learning, the rich and unequalled unction of the fathers of the modern church, exert a powerful influence on the mind, and greatly contribute to form and mature the characters of men. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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