fer .300 ' RO vER$ s. 95 methvpon him ? Reade Hofea S,G. Prox.28.7. l'ere, i a. 2 r. tkelr rPni9inewirkPd. and re°aard war leer?nec in their rr).,.%._ a hearts, and therefore then-if-clues , their prayers, and all o- ther pretended feruices, are offenuuc to God, according to the prou e rbe, Thefacr ceofthe wicked is abhomination to the Pfa&66. r Lord, Prot+, s 5.8. Secondly , their prayers proceed not f`rorn (`with, hurl. lity, and truth ofheart : their defire is not fo much for Gods fauour , as their owne deliuerancc, and indemnity : they are not the Holy Ghoff, but the labour of the fiefli. There- fore Both the Pfalfnift cumplaine,faying;When hefew them, Pí78.34.36.37 they fotsaht him, and returned, and fought Godearely : but they flatteredhim, with their mouth, anddifembled with him with their tongue : for their heart was not vprght , neyther were they faithfullin bracouenant. And thereforeBoth Bofeacomplaint in therewords; Theyhaue not cryed veto me with their hearts, H,rea7.14. when they howledupon theirbeddes : they af fembledthemfelues for corneandwine, and they rebell agains7 me. Thirdly, it is a righteous thingwithGud , to repel' their 3. prayers , which haue fo long time repelled his word : flee kath cryed, and they would not heare; and therefore is it not iuff that they fhowldcry, acrd he not heare? Zach,7. I 3. Confutation of themwhich thinke that prayers are at e- VJfe a. eery moment in their powers ready to be made, and alwaies effe+uall to faue them from hell , at what time foeuer they make them, although they proceednot from true faith and _repentance. All the Importers in theworld illude not men fomuch,nor do them the twentieth part ofthat mifchiefe,as they bring upon t.hemlelues,by the vaineand harmful' con- fidence, that God will (hew themmercy, whenfoeuer they be willing to 6nde it, and not refute their prayers, at what- foeuer timethey lift to offer them . They prefume of a po- wer ouer his affecgions , and a command in his cares, that when theywould be pardoned , hee muff be gracious vrto them, and when theywould be heard , hee mutt not delay to giue them audience. The Dwell, and an hard heart bath inchanted them, to belccue that they can ix -ichint him , to PSI grant 2.
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