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6

Time when

Chrifb preached

this Sermót.

And

then

the

feeonl

thinathat i;

to

be

inquired into,

is

the

time

when

aria

preacher it

;

and

that

heft) you

.mutt

have-,

fr.oui

L Ize,

:(

F

or

fo

I

send,_

that what light one Evangeliil

mill -give,

Iwill

:make,ufe,>r tl

;t,

though

it

be

not mentickied

here

in

Matthew,

and you will

find

it

of

very

great

life

to

in-

cti:e

after

this .--

s

d

ail

find:

that

the`

very

night be-

fore

he

preached

this

Se

mon,

that he

was

at prayer

all

night,

Liike the

6'

&

t

z.wes-J And

it

c aine

to

pafie in

chafe d

ayes,

that

he

went

out into

a Mountaine

to pray, and

coktinued

al

l

=night

in

prayer

ro

God, It

was

the night before this'

Senn

n

vas

preached.

And this Scripture

will

ju(fitie long prayers upon

extraor-

.dinary

occafions-:

Though

,I

confeffe

in an

ordinary

way

in fa-

mu

y

prayer,

ordinarily

it's

more convenient

to

have

them

;

Ilion

then

long

:

But this Scripture

jutliies

long

prayer:

fpeaking'many hours

in

prayer

upon

extraordinary

occalions

:

Jefus Chri(f

(peaks

a

whole

night

in

prayer unto

God,

and

you

fee

how

the

things

of the

Glory

ofGod,

and

the

good

of

his

Church

did

take

up his

heart,

fo

that

he fpeakes

a

whole

night

in

prayer

about

them

:

O

confider

this

you

that

fpend fo

many

nights in chambering and

wantomnefib, you

that

can

ft

up nights in

drinking

and playing,

remember Jefus Chi ill

fat

up

a

whole night

together in

praying

:

--

He

prayes

all

night, hereby

giving

an

example

to

his

Mini(fers upon

occafions

to

be praying for

people,

when they are

fleeping,

to

be

feeking

to God

in

prayer

,

and when

they are

about

other

things

:

Chri(f

he

was

-a

whole

night here in

prayer.

But

you

will

fay,

what

was

the

occafaota

;

why

was

he

a

whole

night

in:prayer before

he

preached

this Sermon

Why

the

occafion

feemes

to

be the

wo-k

that he

had

to

doe

the next

morning,

which

was

to

fend forth

his

Difcipies, fo,

fo

the

Text

faith

in

the

i

3

verf.

when

it

was day, he called

onto

him

his

Difciples,

and of

them

he

chofe

twelve,

whom.

47fo

he named Apoflles :

He had

a

great

work

to

doe, to

choofe

twelve Apotfles to goe

up and

downe

in

the world to preach

the

Gofpel

ofGod,

the

greatell

work

that ever

men were

to

doe