WO 4 4 OfPrryer. 6'7 prayers muflr needs proceede from an heart full ofincredu- litie, feeing theyhaue no promife in the word whereupon they may.ground their faith : nay, contrariwife it is faid,that Iohn9.3x. Godheareth not fnx'ersJoh.9.3 I,thatis fuchas go on in their finneswithout repentance, hauing no purpofe of heart to kaueand forfake them. And thusyou fee what it is to pray in the fpirit,which wee cannot performe, vnleffe we pray through andby the fpirit .ofGod, which helpeth our infirmities; and teacheth vs to pray as wee ought yea it felfe maketh requelifor vs with :figheswhich cannot be exprefhed,as it isRom.8.26. Rom.8.2.6. The fourth thingrequired is watchfulnes ; which dutie is .se3.4, required ioyntlie with prayer inmanyplaces. Or Sauiour òr arthf z, ct three times ioyneth them together, flying, Watch andpray Matth.z&. thatleeenter not into temptation, Matth.26. And the Apoflle Peter t .Epifl.4.y. faith, Now theend o fO things is athand:Be 1.Pet.4.7. yee therefore rober andtbxtchrng vntoprayer. As though hee Mould fay,Yourenemie the diuellas aroring lion walketh about,feekingwhom he may deuoure, and therefore it be- hoouethyou at all times like valiant andcareful' fouldiers, who are fill in danger tobee afhaultedby theirenemies, to be fober andwatch, as it is i .Pet.5.8.but nowmore efpecial- I.Pet.q.=. ly feeing the end ofall things is at hand, for Satan knowing thathis time is but fhort,willredouble all his forces to work our dcflruaion, euen as fouldiers will moil fiercely afluult a town,whenas theycannot long lieat the fiege,either by rea- fonofwinter drawing on,or the approching ofnew forces to releeue the towneor raife the liege. Seeing thereforeSatan redoublethhis force andcare inworkingour deflruaion,let vs redouble our care and watchfulnes in fecking to prcuent his force and malice. For ifSatan watch continually thathe may murther vs,fhall not weebe watchful' inwithflanding hisaffaults ? He iscontinuallie in armes to ouerthrowvs,and Mall not weewatchnight and day in our Chriflian armour, that wemaydefeatehis forcesandobtaine viaorie ? Now this our watchfulnes is partly ofthe bodie, andpart- lyofthe foule. The bodily watching is the abilaining from natural! ileepe, to the end that wee may giue our(cluesvnto F 2 prayer;
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