goo ConfolationsforEtchu ballade theirwants in Prayer. Rom II t9 for the g'ttes of God Are lvithosst repentance ; and though at fortieth-tics they are withdravvne fromour fenfe and. feeling, yet(hall they neuer be taken from vs ; and if at any time we, haue had aßûrance that the fpirit ofGodhathdwelled in vs, by this ~Rorke tbcreof,effe6tuall prayer,weemay affure our Rein 8. 26, felues that it bathnot forfaken vs, but will againe helpe our infirmities:andwhereaswecannot tellhorn to pray aswee oßrght,. thefpiritit cJfewillm c requeflfor vswithfighes,whichcannot be expreJJèd. 9 Sea 2 Secondly, whereas they c.oinplaine that they cannot pray con(ei.:tro, s in anygoodforme, but oftentimes fillGods eaves with im- s,(fuck as patient cries, and vncomfortablc rorings in find ofprayers, omplai"e that they are to know that this is often incident vntothe chil- < <'y dren ofGod,cfpeciallie when his hand is heauie uponthem, pay n any either infome outwardaffli lionofbodie or foine inward' geedforme. aoguifhofìnind. For example, the Prophet David ccnfef feth that when Gods hand was heartie vpon him day and., P:alm.3 2.3. night,his prayers werebut roarings,Pfalm.32.2 .So Ezechias faith,that when bee fhould haue praied,hee chattered likea Eli 3g.t4. Crane or a r3alloW,andmoured azs aDoue,Efa.38.r4..A_nd the poole Publican oppreffedwith the heauyburthen ofhis fins in !lead of a log and eloquent fpeecla, vttereth thefe few `words;© Godbemerciful!vnto mea[inner :and yet our Sauior Chrif+ teflifiethofhim,that hce receiued the remiffionofhis Luk.iS.t3.14. fns,andwent home iuflified,Luk.i8.i3.'r4.Neitherintruth doth the Lord regard theeloquence ofthe tongue, but the carneftneffe ofthc heart,he refpe&teth not our vve11 couched words, and finooth vttered file, but the feruencie of the fpirit, and our humble andheartie defires,which are accep- tablie heard ofhim, thoughour tongues bee filent. 'Thefaa crifìces of j od cre not eloquent words, but a contritefpirit , a Pfaim sr.17. contriteand broken heart willnot the Lorddefpife : as itisPfalo 5'1.17. The prayers indited by Gods fpirit, whichalto are according to the will ofGod, confift not in the words of the mouth, but in thefighes oftheheart which cannot bee >horn.8.a6. expreífed, as the Apoftle- teacheth vs, Rom.. 8. z6. And therefore if wee offer vnto God an humble and contrite fpirir, if wee can fighe andgroneearneflie, defring thole things--
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