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R. 10.
Epheflans,
Cïhap,ó.
8o9
Thirdíy,ro
muic
(Mel. on
the
(tile
of
Gad,
Pfal.
65.
z.
He is
a
God that
heareth prayer
:
looke the whole Pfalme.
If
Princes
will
not
lofe any
part
of
their Royall
Title, God
will maintaine his.
Fourthly, to
confider,
it
is
our
felves
that
gaine
by prayer
and
if
4;
we lay
it
downe, we
(hall
have
the
Joffe
of
it.
lob
35. 7. If
thou
be
righteous, what
givcft thou unto him, &c
e
Yea, we mull
be fo farre
from being
offended
at
Gods not anfwcring at our want
of
comfort
and libertte, that
we
mutt hold
even
this,
fuch
a
prerogative
as
we are
'unworthy of.
1
Chron.
Z.
14.
What
am I
or
my people that wee
fhould
offer
thus
a
what
are we
that
we should fpeake
to
God,
or
have
acce(
%to
the
higheft
Majefty!
Fiftly,
to confider againftall wants,
that
we
are
accepted,according
5;
to that
we have,
when there
is
a
readie minde,
z Cor.
8.
t
z.
He
fpares
us as a
father
doth
his
children,
m4/.3.17.
They
will heare with de-
ight
the
lifping and
ftaminering voyce
of their
children
:
yea, becaufe
the
foule
is
ficke,
the
fervice
is
twice welcome.
If
a
ficke
childe reach
us
up a thing, we count
it
more then to
fend
another
of
laborious
ar
rands.
Laftly,
from
all
wants and difcouragements
,labourto
fee
that thou
6.
canft not pray,
if
God
by
his
Spirit helpe thee
not:
the more thou
commeft to
be poore
in
fpirir,
the more freedome
and
ftrength
thou
(halt have in
performing thy dutie.
Now
thus we
fee in
general!,
that
C44rifliarìs
me
by
this exercifi
of
Dec?.'
prayer
flrengthen
themfelves.
Every where
we have
precepts,
Call on
me
in
the
time
of
trouble,
&c. Pfal.
5o.
15.
And precedents:
David,
Afa, lehofaphat, Fldzekiah,
when
the
armies
of
the Heathen
did
affaile
them,
by prayer prevailed
againft
them. This
is
the
refuge
of
the
Saints
in
all
troubles.
The
Name
of
the Lord
is a
tower
of
defence,
Pral.
r8. so. This
is
that
juft mans praélice,
Pfd.
3z.
the whole
Pfalme.
Which
doth
rebuke Inch Chriftians
as
ufe
not themfelves
to prayer.
//f.
It
is
with
us as in
the time
ofEfay
6o.ß.
And there
is
none
that
calleth
upon
thy name,
neither that ftirreth
up
himfelfe
to
take hold on
thee.
Fand as
with the Difciples,
lohn
16.24.
Hitherto have
ye asked no-
thing
in
my
Name.
We
have all
things
fo calf
upon us,
thatwe
nie
not
prayer
:
but
take
heede; for the Lord will draw backe
his
hand,
and rather (trip you that
are
his
owne
of
all, then
lofe his
honour.
Hof.
5. I will goe and returne
to
my
place,
till
they acknowledge
theirfault, and
feeke
me
:
in
rheir
affliction
they
will feeke me dili-
gently.
If
we will not
feeke
him, he will
make
us
cry
after him:
there-
fore
doe
not (whatfoever condition you
are
of)
fhift it
off.
Wives
thinkethe husband mull doe
it
:
but
his
negieét will not difcharge
thy
duty.
Servants thinke
if
their mailers ale none,
they
are
bound to
none.
Why
fhould
we
neede
motives
to
this ?
If
we might be familiarlyadmitted to the
Kings
prefence,we would
ï:
eafily accept
it:
in faithfull
prayer
thou mayft commune with
God.
X
x x
Again,