89 / 186
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
Pr
ttyer
could
come into his Pr e--
fence; Wherefore now to
pray,
is
bttt
to add fin
.
to
(in~.
yea,
now to
pray,
feeing
Gqd
hath 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
you
f:;r the/e fe ·verlll years
t?lreadJ',
bec~~,ufo
you 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 nof
go
up to
poj[efs
the
land
when
God would
have thcm
1
therefore
for
e·ver after
God
did
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
.
.
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