Confoiation3 for filch its bewail° theirwants inPrayer. 499 formed acceptable feruice vino God. And it is a worke of, one and the fame fpirit to makevs fee our infirmities with hatredand diílike ofthem, and to tnooue vs earnelilie to de- fire ofGod that won-aybee freed from them, which earneíl delire is hartiepraier.But`if they further arme,that they are moil lure they ,doe neuer pray vnto God; I anfWere,that though this in it felfe bee a moil dangerous cafes for it is a liigneofa worker ofiniquitie, not to call vpon God, as the Ptah-nil} fpcaketh, Pfal, j 3.4. yet they haue no caufe to dc- rfalm s 314. fpaire,for the fame fpirit ishich bath reucaled vnto them this their finne and infirmitie,and "oathwrought.in them a difike thereof, willallo remooue it,and fupplie their'want inGods good time, ifthey will labour for this good gift, and not quench the good motions ofthe fpirit, when od offercth them voto them. Tilegift a But ifthey cannot- denie -that fotnetimes they haue had it f? i the grace giuen them of God to call carneflie vpon hiso name; howfoeuer in this prefent time theyare altogether thereof; then let them know that their cafe in this refpe& is common withal! the deare children of God; for hartie prayer is not in our owe power, neither doth it attendvpon our ovine will,but it is the gift ofGod,« hickat fontctimes inplentiful) meal hebefloweth vpon his chil- dren,and at other times heepulleth backe his liberal! hand; to the end that bythewant thereof,wemay learne to afcribc theglorieand praife of our harty pia `ers veto- God, who worketh in vs thewilland the decd, and is in truth theoriery true author ofthem;whichpralle, otherwife inpride ofheart we wouldarrogate veto our felues, as being a natural] fa- cultic and inour ownepower: and alfo to the end wee may more highly efieeme it,.and withmore icy and diligencevfe it when we haun it bellowed on vs, leíl through our negli- gence and !lothfülneífe wee mooue the Lord to take it from vs. Seeing thetefore this hearty calling vponGods isa giftofGod .anda Work ofhis holy fpiritinvs,which at fool- times heretoforewehaue difcerned in ourfelues, let vs not altogetherbe, difcouraged, though at fomnetimes wewant it; .K k za for
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