-S o2 Conrolationsfarfilch as balladetheir wants in `Prayer. ferue filch fruiter ofloue in finfull man, and (ball wee doubt offinding idle in the Lord, who is. infinite in Ioue, mercie andgoodnefhe ?farre bee it from vs. Nay let vs afhure our felues, that though(our foulesbeing ficke in finne, and ex ceedinglydulled and beatendowne with fome grieuous ten- tation)wee cannot vtter any thing but vnperfeóó fpeeches, yea, thoughwe are through thegrieuoufneife ofour af(iiti- on and greatneflíe of our corruption firucken dumbe and canvtter nothingbut grones and fighes, yet if wee delire tobe freedout ofthis wretched cafe,and tohaue thecomfort_ ofGods fpirit, the Lord,who fearcheth theheartand vnder- flandeth our fecret thoughts,will hearken vnto vs,and grant the defiresofour heart, at leaf+ fo farre forth as it will gaud withhis awne glorieand our euerlafiing good. §.gee Thirdly,whereas others complains that their hearts are fo con(Mlatrons hard, and their fpirits fodull, that they cannot vtter vnto forfuch as Goda prayer with any earneflneffe or feruencieofipirit, but bcroailerhir, exceeding coldhe and very weakelie, and therefore they e nreffeand feare that Godwill neuer heare them; they are toremember,-. dtrbteeiri prayer. that the Lord hearethvs not, nor granteth our recuefls for the worthineffe and excellencie of our prayers, but for his forme Iefus Chrifts fake,who is our Mediator and Intercef- four,in whofe name wecall vpon God and therfore though our prayers bee full of infirmities and vttered with much . weaknef e,yet calling vpon the Lord in our Sauiours name, Ioh,a6.s. beewill furelie heare vs, as our Sauiour bathpromifed, Ioh._ T 6.23. Ver:lte,vertly Ifay untoyost,wh2t foeueryeefhall as&e the father inmy name,hetrilltie it you.Mo =eoucr,we are toknow, that wedo not offer vpour prayers immediatelie vnto God the father, but by the mediation of lefus Chrifl,whoputting our prayers into the golden vials which are full of the pre- cious odors ofhis merits, thereby perfumeth them andma- keth them an offeringoffweete imelling fauour vnto God Y andby wafhing them inhis own moil preciousbloodhepur- geth them from all their corruptions,and perfeð all their wantsand imperfecaionsfo as now though not in themfelues yet inhim they will bee acceptable veto God,andbee wills mercifully grant ourpetitions, Fourthly.
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