.,-,---_--- 24 Tria Ea,ciunt Theologarrl ; Oratio , m2di- tatio, reran. tin. Lntber. rbisAuthor vas exerci(éd ix them a/L. Ybicb be thenfitly 401 finely called magrraliaY?El Mt. 126. t. TheLife andDeath up thither bythe wings ofprayer. Hiscon. fiant courfe was to pray fixe times a day, twiceby himfelfe in private, twice in pub- lique with his family, and twice withhis wife, Betides, many dayesof private humi- liation andprayer ever beforethe receiving of the Communion, and many dayes be- fides, for the miferies of the Churches in FranceandGermany, &c., which heeperfor- med with fuch ardencyoffpirit, that as was faidof Martin Luther, Hee ufédfisch humility asin thepretenceofalmighty Go D,butfucbfer- vency andfaith, as ifhee hadbeene talkingwith bisfriend. And G oD heardhis prayers; for, tothecomfort ofhis fouls, a little beforehis death,he heardoft lie*mightyvióories ob- tained by the King of Sweden aainif the Emperour, to theaffonifbment of all the world, that thole eyes which now behold it with joy,do fcarce believe themfelyes in the fruition of it. VFPhen the LORD (faith the Pfahmi{f) turnedagaine thecaptitiityof Zion, weewere like them thatdreame. So indefatiga- blewere the painesofthis godlyman in his private devotions and publike preaching, that
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