Serin. 21. in duty is from the Spirit of God i 509 I flail commend to you thefe eight Chara&eriflical Notes as fo many Touch -f }ones. i.When we have beforehand earneftlyprayed and prepared our fouls for fuck a&ivity,when you fay &do to your foul,as7ehu did to the wor- fhippers of Baal, i14in. i o. t 9.Ihave a great Sacrifice to offer ô thy foul, warn and fummon in all the powers and parts of foul and body, be lure that not one be wanting,and fo by reading, meditating and Prayer get our fouls into a holy fratrie and gratious polìure;& humbly,yea heard - ly &fo beg and befeech of God, to carry us on Eagles wings through the duty we are drawing near to,if we mount and foar aloft as(Aguilx in nubibus) Eagles to Heaven in that duty, we may fafely & furely con- clude that a &ivity is from the Spirit. When Mariners buy a wind of the Witches (as they do in Lapland and other places) and they have it at every place and point, according to the purchafe ache one , and the promife of the other, they may undoubtedly conclude that wind came from the fpìrit of the Devil. When we beg a wind from God and we enjoy it at the time according to our defire, was may upon good ground fay, that wind came from the Spirit of God ; this will appear very clear if you pleafe to lay together thefe four things. r. It is Gods Prerogative to hear Prayer, Pfal. 65. z. Oh doom that bearefl Prayer, unto thee (ball all fie,Eh come. z. It is Gods promife to hear prayer,Pf.8 r .7 o. Open thy month wide and I willfill it ; fpread thy fails by Prayer, and I will fill them by my Spirit, Luke t I. r 3. He will give the Holy Spirit to them that ¿ukit. 3. It is Gods ulual courfe to perform his Promife, e467' k'rar , that very kind, Pfal.I0.17. Lord, thoH b4 heard the defsreof the hum- ble ; tbota wilt per pare their heart, thou wile calife thine ear to hear. I Paid sot to the feed of yacob, feek, ye me in vain, Ifa.4.5, 19, 4. It bath been the conftant pradife of Gods people to look after their Prayers, to fee whit fuccefs they bave had. Prayers come not out of the Ark of their fouls, as the Raven did, never to return, but as Noah/ Dove, to come back again with an Olive branch into the foul, Pfa.8 5.8.1 will hear what God the Lord will Omsk,: for be will fJ eakpeace sento hie people,and to his Saints. Saints do not lhoot the arrows of their Prayers as children do, (hoot them away and never mind them, but as Archers that (hoot their arrows up at a Bird , and ¡land expe&ing their returns down again ; if our a&ivity come from the return of prayers, it mutt be from the Spirit. When Elias prayes fo fervently, that fire might come down from Heaven, and confume the facrifice, and it did fo, the people might of ly cciy out the L.rd.be is Gp Y
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