Chap. 22. Au F,xprftion upgn the bock hf J OB. Verf 27. 263 mademany prayers to God, he made a buffineffe ofpraying that he might havea fonne, though therewas a lure promife made to erfbraham that he fhould have a fonne,and that in him,and from him (bola come the prorniïed feed yet Ifaac was long without a fonne, and he leaves it not careiefly in the decreeofGod, refol- ving Idly,God barhlaid IAid have a fon not manyfoát,. ployfbould I trouble my felfe in the thing.- No Ifaac had not (o learned the mimic ofGod,he was betterskiil'd in Divinity then -fo, to feparate the meanes from the end, or to conclude that we- neednot pray for.that.which God hath purpofed and promiîed. HeI fay, was better inftruv`ied then fo, and therefore thoughhe (doubtleffe) did fully beleeve that God would fulfill the promife made to Abraham in giving him a fonne, yet he entreatedthe. Lord for hia wife becatrf e17)e WO! barren : and he intreated the Lord ear - nrfilI, he made plenry,abundance ofprayers,for it cannot be fup. poled but that,he had. prayed for that mercy long before (for it wasneere twenty -years fence his marriage to Rebeccah, as appears plainly by comparing the 20th verfè of that Chapter with the 26,.11, the former tellingus, that he was forty yeares old whenhe marryed Rebeccah,and the latter that he was threefcore when .Re- hecah bare 7. acek and Efa:e. So that I fay, we cannot fuppofe bot fo.holy man as ifaac had been thing out,the goodof thepeomife before)but when he perceived it<fticking fo long in-the birtle,then his foul fell in travel! about ir,then he was very fervent in prayer, and would give the Lord no refs Them he entreated the Lord, &c. The fame is fail of Manoah (Judges t 3.8.) Then thfanoah en- treated the Lard,andfaid,oh my Lord,let the man ofGod which thane didtt fend coon againunto tee, and teach ue what we *old doe unto the childe that [hall be borne;heprayed then with much earnefines, or made prayers for direftion in that thing.Theword is oftenufed to lignifie abundance, (Ifa. 35. a.) It (lull blefome abundantly, (fere. 33'. 6.) Behold, Iwill bring Inhealth, and caere,. and I gill cure them, andwill revealeonto them the abundance of peace,- and truth. Not onely (hall they have peace,and truth, but abundance_ of them. So here, thon (halt not only pray, but a fpirit ofprayer (hall be powred out upon the aboundantly. Thai /halt stake thj prayer unto him. Hence note ; Fir(i, Prayer is adtstie.- We . .
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