262 Chap. 22. An expofiticnopon the Rook ff j O B. Vert 27, shilde dares liftup:fiis face to his father,and (peaks freely to him, Where thefpirit of the Lo>d is,there is liberty (faith the Apoffle, 2Cor, 3.'7,) and that a threefold liberty. Firft, a liberty from finne; secondly, a liberty unto righteoufneffe, or a freenef a and readineffe of fpirit to doe good ; thirdly, where the fpiritofthe Lord is,there is a liberty offpeech or acceffe,with boidnefe in all our holyAddreffes unto God. As the Apotttle elearely fheweth at the rrh verfe ofthe fame Chapter. Seeing then that we have fuck hope, we fife great plainneffe (6r boldnefe) cffpeech, as we put in the Margin of our Bibles to expreffe the fignificancy of the Greeke word in the full compafeof it. For as becaufe we have fuch hope we ought to ufe great plainneffe offpeech towards men in preaching and difpenfiag the Gofpel to them, 'fcygreat bold- neffe towards God in receiving the offers and promises of the Gofpel,for our felves,e1iphazhaving thus fhewed what freedom lob, truely repenting, might have with God in prayer, proceeds in the next verle to Phew what fuccef e with God, or what fruir he fhould have in prayer. Verfe 27. Thos (halt make thy prayer to hire, and he Gall hear thee, and thouAlit pay thyJ owtr. In their words we have a further promife, leading to a further duty; as before the dutyof returning to the Almighty,bad a pro- mile annexed to it of lifting up she face roGod, or boidncffe in prayer. So now the promìfeof being heard in prayer,is tollowed with a duty, The payment ofvowes. Thou dalemake thy prayer to him, &c. The word notes the powring out ofmanyprayers,or ofa mul- pl'1 makr titule ofwords in prayer, yet nor of bare word', bur of words ptiravit, propriP p y ' eierba folic; cloathed with power, ftrongprayers ys well as many prayers. fadir in orati- For as the Gofpel comes fromGod to us,not in word onely,batt in ene power and in the holy ghe,fl, and in machafarcrrce. (a Thef r.5.) fo prayer should goe fromus roGod, not inword only, but in power, and in the holyGhoft,&c. Thus,faith Eliphaz.,Thsu (bait make many, andmighty prayers, f$rong prayers, prevailing, cu- lturingprayers; foitheword io ufed (Gen. 25, 2 r.) Then ifaac itrareated the Lord for his wife becasfethe snau barren ; that ir, he made
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