to .the Chief of Sir•ners. 79 17 ;. Which when the Tempter perceived he ftrongly ,fnggefted to me. That 1 ought not to pr,ay to God, for Prayer was not for any in my cafp, neither could it db me good, becaufe 1 had rrjeEted the Mediator, . by whom all Prayer . came with acceptance to G1d the Father, an.d. without whom no Prttyer could come into his Pr e-- fence; Wherefore now to pray, is bttt to add fin . to (in~. yea, now to pray, feeing Gqdhath ca.ft y?u 'cjf, is the next way to anger .and offend hitn ,more than you ever dicJ before~ 176. For God (faith he) hath been rve__a?y ~f youf:;r the/e fe ·verlll years t?lreadJ', bec~~,ufoyou are none of his; ·your barvlings in his E~trs hath been 110 pleafant voice to hirJ.J, and therefore he let you fin this fin, that JOU rn!ght be qui~c cut off, and will yo1t pray fli!l ? Th1s the Devil urged, and fet forth that in Number.r, when Mofes faid to ~he Children ~f J(ra~l, Tf?,.,u ber/aufe they would nofgo up to poj[efs thelandwhen God would have thcm 1 therefore for e·ver after Goddid bar , them out .lrotJ!- thence, thott,ih t hey prayed thej might withtiars, Nurnb.1.4. 36,37,&r;. I 77. As 'tis. faid in a'notber place, E>..·od.2 I • . J 4~ The man that fins prefumptuoujly jha!L be ta– ken frGm God's Altar, that h1 rnay die: Even as 'Joab w J S by King S{;lomon, when he thought to find ili&l ter there, I .J(i'rg 2.2 7,28,&c. Thefe Place.~ did pinch · 1t1 e very. fore; yet my cafe being dtfperate-, I thought with my felf,I can. but die :- And if it n1uft be fo, it fhall once be faid, '!hat Juch an one dic4 at the foot ofChrift . . 't11
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