8 11pr04ble &poll-it on . without. themindeed, or without.any trultand confidence inthem, further then the Lord lhall ltrengthen than co him and for him. 4 A fourth is an eye to the fwecte promifesofGod, concerning the fuites of it.7. hisChildren to him, whicharefomany,andfoiorire ,asnoheart,ifitbe not flint or fieele,but mutt receiuccomfortand courageto fpcake vntafuch aLord. Ask Ioa7.i3. andyot Aid ham :leeks, andyoklballfuid :knockeanda"ball be opened vntoyou. Tea, ,pfLSó. mhatfotxeryou¡ gallasketheFatherinmynamelhewi llgiueieyou.Callvponme andIwill MA ï, z S heareyou: Come vac me &I will refrelbyou:Whofoever f allcallvpon theLord/ballbee Ioel,z3z. famed. And athoufaidfuch like,Mtilevpon them till the fire be kindled within you, and then fpeake with afpirittofofwceteaGodasfo cheerethhis Children to pray hartely. And remember it often what once was faid : (will come :to thy houfe emamvpon themultitude of thymercic,andin thyfearemill I warfhipp towardthy holy ..Temph: The multitude of Gods merciesmake afweetc entrance into the houfe Pfal.í §G. ofPraya yca, fay you with Dtmid joyfully and comfortably ,- In gods word trill I So, . reioyyce,m.the Lords word willl comfort myfelfe,in god have I pat my :raft ,I willnot feare whatmán can doe veto me. . Other meaner helloes alto there be ofaffeftion motto be cótcmned of the god. 1y,as to fpeake and pronounce our Prayers with words:foriomctimesour weak e- pel%is great and our mindsbegin toiliray from.our Praicr conceiucd in lilence, andthcn it (hall be good tofpcake out, yea cuento crie out that which wee but thought before, to the end that fowertayfiaya flatting mind and bring it to the pfl,tgz.Z found ofthc tongue. This bath becna ,wifdomeofthe godly euer, and a mcane v as we read to helpe them. The Profit Dauidfaith .,Icryedto the Lord with myvoice and 'laid, than art my hope and my portion.in theLand ofthe liuinr.So that hevleth the pronuntiation of word, and happily even for this caufc that wee fpake of, Saint AaSnffinfaith Denotio nojiravoceexcitatur,our devotion & affection is flirted vppc and quickned by thevoice.And experience ferueth for longer,proofe in thismat- ter. The geflures of bodie, as knecling,lying proftratevpon the earth,knocking of thebrett, andcoueringtheface, orturningtothewall,liftingvptheeics,and fuch like, theyarc e helpesalfoofaffe lion. Yeathen are they lawtull ,and right in- deed, when they ferue to this purpofe in finccritie, and not to any outward fhew in hypocritir. And thus much of them. Now on the other fide as thcfe be helps vnder God to quicken vp our Ipirits in payer, if we bec dull, and to make vs pray zealoufy and carneflly : fo are there impedimentsalfothat hinder vs &make vs thatwe cannot pray with fuch affecti- on as we ought. As the contraries of thefe that l haue fpoken off, a proud heart puft with conceite ofinetit,an ignorance,or at leatt not a throgh confiderarion of the thing or things we begge, aleaning to fecond caules ouermuch, a dulnelfe in the faking ofGods promifes,and fuch like,which I may notnow ouer againe follow at large. One great let onely will I touch, and fo conclude this point , and that is ignorance of the fpeech ortonguewherein we pray : Which.I call euen a great let, becaufeit not onely hind rah our affc lion & zeale, but otherwife clan- geroully hurteth vs by keping fró vs afingular fruit of our prayer as wilappeare. This great follie then ofniany in the world that delight to pray in a ftraunge tongue, and not ónclyfo,buc boldly (to fay no worfe of them) defend that they can pray with as right an affection thus, as otherwife, :bath firft God against it in his word moti plainly by the voice of Saint Pauly theApoflle,who faith flatly,no r. Car, jg, nian heareth their prayers thatare fo made, no man heareth them I fay and marke the words well. The Apohle meant not but that the found of that Vert; z. vnknowne voycc cntred into their cares , but bccaufe it entred without vnder- handing, therefore it was in trueth then, is n ow, and euer (hall. bee no hearing! indeed, that is no good hearing,no profitable hearing,no commanded or allow edhearing. And therfore if it bea duty coi opted,of God ,that.his people fhouldbe madepartakers of common Praiea& by heariig what isfaid, then is it al-
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