Confolationsforfuchas be:vaile theirwants in `Prayer. t things wee want according to his holie will, though wee cannot exprefle our mindes in any good order, or in a con- tinued forme of fpeech, yet if wee can from our hearts roare with Dauid,chatter with Ezechias,and utter this abrupt fpeech with the poorePublican, OGodbee mercifull veto mee a firmer, theLord will heare vs, and thatas fpeedily,as though we couldprayvnto him with the eloquence ofinen and Angels. For towhat end principallie ferue words, but that wee mayby them expreffeour mindes to men,whoo- therwife could not vnderftand them ? but the Lord who fearcheth the hearts vnderitandeth our fighes,which cannot bee expreffed, asitis Rom. 8.26.27. e 4nd hee knows our Rom.B z6. thoughts long beforewe thinkZe them : as thePfalmift fpeaketh Pfalm.1 39.2. He is afpirit,yea an al-feeing fpirit, and there- Pfa1.139.z. fore our prayersvnto hirn,are the delires oftheheart, neither doe our words ferueto perfwadehim, but to 'tine vp our ownedull fpirits,and tokeepe vsfrom diforderliewandring thoughts. So that if wee canwith Mofes lift vp our hearts Exod.t4. vntoGodwith earneft delires, this willbee afirong crie in the cares ofthe Lord, andhee will Purely heare it.If we can vnfainedlie faywith the Prophet Dau:d, Pfalm.38.9. Lord Irig 38'94 powre my whole defire before thee, andmyf:ghing is not bidfrom thee, wemaybe allured he will hcare vs and grant our re- queft, forhe heareth thederre ofthe poore, he prepareth their heart,andbendeth his tarevnto them: as it is Pfal.io.i .yeahe Praha. 'AU* dothnot onlie heare them, and inCome fort incline to their requeft, but he willfulfill the defre ofthem that feare him, hee will heart their crie,andfaue them; as the fame Prophet fpea- keth,Pfal.i45.19. Weknow that akind louing father, ifhe Pfalm.e4S.I9. feehis fonne exceeding fickewilibevenie carefull and tender ouer him, to prouide all things neceffarie for him which may doe him good, and though with a faultering tongue andvnperfe t fpecch hee aske any thing which is profitable for him to receiue,yet howreadilie will hehearken vino him and grant his delire? yea ifhis fickneffe fo increafe that hee becommeth fpeechleffe,vttering nothing but deepegrones, euen this language moues him tono leffe care in vfing all aneanes which may doe himgood. Shall thenwee dailyob- Kk 3 ferue
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