Chap. 3o. An Expofition upon the _Bathe of Jo B. Verf. 20. 185 of a firing and unufuall thing with God, not to give audience, when the foule is in fuch an exigence. I cry unto thee, and thoudad! not heare, &c. Hence note; wonder ifit be not prefently heard. As I Viewed before that yonab ( Chap. 2. 2.) prayed in the belly of hei, fo if we looksupon that Scripture againe , we 'hall find, that he praying with a cry was quickly answered and pre. vailed mightily with God ; Icryedby reafon ofmy afitïion unto the Lord, andhe beardme, out of the belly ofhell cryed I ; and thou heardef# my voice; that the Lord heard him, is as oftén repeated as that he cryed unto the Lord ; as if the Spirit of God would teach us, that crying prayer shall not miffe a hearing. So David concludes and reckons upon it, (Pfal. 55. 17.) Evening and morning, andat noon, willIpray and cryaloud, and he /ha heart my voice. Marke, HeBoth not fay barely, I will pray, evening, morning, and noone, thrice aday, that is, very often every day, but he addes, andcry aloud, and what will this loud cry obtaine ? Ahearing without doubt, fo be affures himfelfe; He 'hall heare me. 'David fpeakes as iffuch prayerdid lay acommand or put a force upon God himfelfe ; He ¡hall heare me ; not that God heares any prayer whether he will or no (asmen fometimasdoe that upon importunity which theyhave nomind to) but he bath no will, no mindnot to heare fuch prayers, the prayersof thofe who cry aloud tohim. As affiidion puts the foule upon crying, ( want cannot blulh, pinching neceflitie knowes not the lawes of modefty we commonly fay, .Necefriekath no law, it cryes, and 'bouts, and wraftles, and tuggs it will take no denial', nor will it take notice that we are denyed, but almoft quite forgetting good manners , or Wing no more then will does us good , it will thruft even upon God himfelfe, and cry out to him coo. Now as aff1iftion puts us upon crying to God) fo crying puts Godupon doing for us. (Luke 18. 7.) Shallnot godavenge bit eleoll that cry unto him night andday ! Shall henot 1 Chrift fpeakes of it as ofa thing which God cannot but doe in honour, as well as truth in faithfullnes. Shall not God! founds thus high,. Bb G,.d
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