I i .I ' I 'The Saints 2. Others there be, who are men of great un– derfl:andiAgfor worldlybufineffesjoHywife men and able to clifcourfe largely and readily of othe; matters, and can tell their_r~le before whomfoever, ·as well and wife!y as thebell: ; and yet they have not ,the hearrs to concdue, the wifdome to con~ rrive; or the tongue to deliver two or three fen– tences in feeling and feafonabie prayer_, before the Throne of God : They cannot for their hearts, for their lives hold out a quarter of an houre in ripping up their heartsJ and layingopen their fpi~ . riruall,elhtebefore God, in a. cot::tceived prayer. They ufe fometimes upoa occa6on tobr,eake out .int:ofome fhort wi01es ; as Lord have mercy upon us ; Godbe thanked for a11his bleffi-ngs; God fend usthe light ofHeaven; the Lord fend raine, ifit be his will; and fuch like : But as for longer dif– courfe, or fet exerdfes in prayer_, they thinke it onely belongs to Minifrers and Schollers, men converfantin the Scriptures, and holy paffagesof divinity. Miferable and wrerchea·men, itisonely the want'of the feeHng..of your mifer~ble fiate, , · andfphiruall wants_, which makes you want words. to powre out your foules in fervent and hearty prayer untoGod·Almighty, and to enlarge your · fe1ve3 in an holy and comfortable conferencewith him. There is not th~ mort unlearned or fimple, bu~ if the Lord once ·inlighren his confcience by •he powerof the Law, and atfect his heart wirh a true tafre ofheavenly fweetneffe, hee will finde · - .words enow·toexpreffe the wants and grievances of hishungry andhumbled foule :· For the Spirit I' Of? I · ~=--·=-----~~~------------------------~~
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