Èxceeclii3g inprinè`s' of Sin. iy thingbut bathsat other times ; yet when in danger of their lives, they can fall to prayer, and powr forth theirprayer; when thy chaJ%nins npon them, theypowr forth their pra, er : and that word there tranflated Prayer, in the Original is a word that lignifies to Tzzchant; and the reafon. 'comes fromhence, becaufe Thehanters did put a great deal of eflicacie in a fewwords, doted their Sentences in á few words, and thought there was much efficacie in them : So theprayers that comes frommen &women inAffii &ionhath much efhcacie in them, they be not vain light Word!, but have abundanceof : fo that Allii&ions further the means of grace in the hearts ofmen -andwomen; it brings them to the Word, and furthers that alto; it is as the rain that fo-tens the Earth, and fits it for the Plow , Mtn, u p thefallowRgrórrnd"ofyoúr hearts, faith the Lord : the Word of God is as the Plow, to plow up the fallow ground of your hearts. NoWfiufband-menknowwhen thèarth is drie and hard theycannotplow, their plowsarekept out; but when Rain comes and foftens the Earth, then theirPlows cango. Many times it iG fo with thehearts of manie men and women when they are in profperitie, the Sun-thine or profperitie beingupon then, the Plowof the Word cannot getinto their hearts ; but when of '{ fliftions or ficknefscomes, then thePlowofthe Wordcanget in, and calf upp the fallowground oftheir hearts: Ones ofAThiu_iondo bringmen, and women to the Word. Therfore I remem- ber I have readofChryfifiongl, inäSermonofhi, to
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