(~lfer"inriching -exami~ation. 175· indifpofition, andcoldnifeof conftitution, cannot exprdf~himfelfeOlJ.tWardly, with halfe that zeale, .faeat and fervency as he doth ddite. ' 3· Of ungracioufne!fe ; when a rrians foulc is fo frozen in the dregs of fipne_, that he is fe~rfully -poffdt wich a dulne!fe and .benummedneffe of heart, with deadne!fe and drowGne!fe of fpirit . Now certaine it is, th~t fome unregenerate men -. by the aid and power of naturall and artificiall fer– vencie, m~youtward!ycarry a fairer fhewof zeale in the delivery of their prayer, and other holy in– firuetions, than fomefanctified men, whoby rheir naturall indifpofirion and coldneife of complecti– on, are hindered from expreffin.g outwardlyall the holy gradom heat.that lies hid in their hearts. Thusfarre,and int~efe cafes the fiate of onregene– ratiOn dorh commonly partake ofprayer :But that ' holy grace and powerfull fpirit of.prayer which ev-er followes . favirig faith , and doth fweetly fufb.ine the hearts of ~U Gods~hHdren in thegrea– teft difireffes:> is anothh kinde of matter. True Chrifrians do~ not onely make confcien.ce of pr<\Yer in publike aa-cmbHes, with the congre– gation of theSaints; and in their private families : . at home; (for rhus f~lrre hypocrites and unregene- . rate men may bed~awne: ), bur they have alfo ma• . nyearnell and hearty grolnings, many deare and . · precioug conferences, much fiveet and comforta- : ble communication wirh·their graciousGoq in fe- ; · ', cret. Nay, and betid:es their ·devotion at pbblik:e 1 • prayer, their care in praying with their fa:mnies'.J· i and their zeale in privat~prayerbetwixt God and· ! · · them-
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=