Downame - BV209_D69_G6_1640_v1

Faith and humilitìe muff be j oyned in ourpr. ayers. their own dèfert, but to the favour & grace of God, by which they do confeí% that they are what they are, i . Con! 5.1o. For it is the nature of true faith to firip him where it is of all praife, that all glory may be given unto God, Pfal. I r 5 .1. Non dignita- temf am fed dignationern Divinam allegant : They all- ledge not their own dignitie but Gods acceptance. 2. Becaufe the promifes of hearing our prayers are reftrained to the godly, they alledge their piety as a teftimonie to their own fouls that the promife be- longeth to them; i.John 3.22. Non hoc dico quin ac. pei1a, De ccptagratia fiduciam donet oranch : Sednon oportet ut in t;iptici modo eaLconflituat quifquam fduciamimpetrandi. Hoc f lum Orationis, conferunt h ec promi ffa dona, ut ab eadem mifericordia Zen l :To' quee tribuit h ec fperentur etiam amphora : that is, I do not fay this becaufe grace received doth give confidence in praying: For none ought in it to place their trult of obteining. But thefe gifts promifed do onely conferee this,that of that mercy which giveth thefe things we may alfo hope for greater. More particularly for Davids prayer, Preferve my f ul, for I am `'ipn, one on whom thou haft fhewed great mercie: fave thy fervant that trrrffeth in thee: For Gods pro - mife is, not to fail them that put their truft in him. For Hezekiah ;The Lord had promifed David,That his fonnes, if they walked before him in upright- neífe íh , ould not want a Tonne to fucceed them in the crown. Whereas therefore the prophet Ifaiali brought this meffage to Hezekiah being fick,that he fhould die; having yet no iffue, he defireth the Lord to remember that he had walked uprightly before him, and therefore intreateth the Lord,that accord- ing