2. Petition. e-vpunthe LordesPrayer. 53 Except the Lorde open Balamr eyes hee feeth not the Angell of the Lorde in the way with his (Nord drawen in his.haiid, that is, neyther anger nor loue perceiue Num,aa, ;r, we euer, excr pt the Lord work it in vs How carfie it to paffe that the lewifh peo- ple fo feeing daily the wonderfiill workes ofGod for rue n, the proofes of his po- wer, mercie, and goodnefle, aboue all the nations of the world, yet petrified vn- faithfull, ftubborne, and wayward to fo good a God faith M Fes , thefe things be. Deut. 19.4, ing done for you, yet bath the Lord Qauen you an heart to perceive, and ever to fee, hind carer tohearevnto this day. Teaching vspldinely, that filch heart, fach eyes and cares, are onely the Lords to giue, and without filch gift we profit nothing, no not by thevery euident extraordinary mercies of God. In another place againe, The Lord thy God will circumctffthine Heart, and the heart of thy feed, that thou maiefl louethe Cbap,'3o,6. Lord thy God, with all thine heart, and with all thy foule, that thoumaief1lime. As if hee fhould fay, ncuerthink of any loue of G O D faithfull and true, as poffible to be within thee, and confeduentlyno obedience, loue being the roote of all, except the Lord circumcife thine heart, that is,p.urge all thy wicked affiélions, and give hearing and reading ablcf1ìg, which thing is not to thine owne power todoe. It Efay 1;6.1, (faith the Lorde by the Prophet efay, ) that receive the fpiriteof the humble, and gii a lifeto them that are ofa contrite heart. If the Lord work in one, he workcth in all : thefpirhes ofmn are ruled and go- uerned vnto good, onely by him, If he touch vs,we are touched, if he turne vs, we are turned, and if he reuiue not and giue life, we liinke in our finnes, asvnfee- Exek,36.ae. ling wretches ,,and abide in death. How plainly faith it againe the Prophet Eze- 1T kú1: I mill give you a new heart, and I will put a newSpirar within you, and will take ama, the fiony heart out of your body, and gore you an heart officjk eAnd !will put my ffiritwith- inyou,and cau/eyou to wake in my flatutes, &c. O fee and mark how all lets be removed, and all grace giuen by the Lord alone in mercy, feeking our faluation. And therefore know it true, as the truth is true, that neither hearing nor reading, preaching or privat fpeaking,auaileth euer to do vs good, except the guyding grace of the Lord dire&t vs to it by a bleffing giuen to them all, or any when they arevfed. And therefore, as for the word, fo for the bleffing of it by the (pink ofGod, doe we euer pray when we fay thefe wordes, ¡hy kingdom come. Then opened he their vnderflandini(Í ai th the Gofpell of our Sauiour Chri ft) that they might vnderliand the Scripture. And Lydia attended to thole things which Luk,24.41, Paul fpake, becaufe the Lord opened berheart. So that neither one nor other, Lydia nor the Difciples ofChrift,fee,heare, or vnderfland, except the Lord giue the eye, Afts,16,14. theeare, and the hearc.It is theholy Spirit thatteachethand leadeth into alltruth, and without whom ílill all mranes remaine vnprofitable. There is an Oyntment faieth Saint lobe, from him that is holy, and that annoynting teacheth you all things, that is, the grace of the holy ghofl. Wherefore Iohn, r6;t3, I ceafe not tomake mentionof yea m my prayers ( faith the holy Apoftle,) and to bnwe my knees vntothe Father of our Lord lefus Chro, that he would give vetoyou the fpirit of vei%edome and reuelation, through the k5owledc of him, that the eyes of your vnderflan- t,lohos. ding may beelghtned, that we may know what the hope of his calling, and whatthe riches 10.17. of hisgloriout inheritance os in the Saints, &c. hat,:, t6, And thatyee may be firergthned by hu Spirit in the inner man that Chrilf may dwell P in your hearts by Faith, and yee may bee able to comprehende with all Saintes, what is the breadth, and length, depth and height, c. See Panics refu ge far profit to his "preaching,and forlife and light for thefe Sphe- fians, eueo to the Lord for his holy Spirite to ffften and fupple their (Ionic hearts, Chap.t. to illuminate and lighten theyr darke mindes,and to make fweete to them, that 14iSkt. is lower to manic; and fruitful' to them by his mighty power, that is neuer fo to any, without the fame. Wherefore to goe no further,know it for conclufion, that we praying for Gods kingdom to come vnto vs,in this petition,by the hearing & preaching of his word, verleao.
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