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The Fucheti confuted. Col.t.3. T.Cor.i.4.Ephef.t.16.Col.t.9. r.Theff. 1.2. 2. Theff. 1.3. and yet notwithf anding he nei- ther denied to obey the necefïities of nature, neither omitted the duties either of his calling or ofa godly life: Nay, he laboured in his calling more then all the reft of the Apoftles. The like may be faid of Cornelius,of whom the Scripture doth teflifie Aas z o. that he prayed alwayes , which is all one with in all things ; and yet by his calling a Centurion , and therefore fometimes in fight: and for the duties ofa godly life, it is faid that he was juft man, v. 22. and therefore exercifed the duties of the fecond table, and gave alms. Secondly, as touching the place in Luke 18. i. Luke Ißr: where it is faid that Chrift fpake a parable to this eXp °unaea . end that *e ougit alwayes to pray, the holy Ghoff ex- poundeth his meaning in the next words by remo- ving the contrary , that we Mould pray alwayes and not faint : So that to pray alwayes in this place, is not to faint in prayer: Which in other places is vre9sgg7e- f p T vrpossux, ) to pert were in prayer : as Rom. 12112. that is, with force pertinacie (if I may ufe this word in the good fenfe) to perfevere inprayer. And that this is the meaning of the words it appeareth by the (cope of the parable it felf, which is nothing elfe but this, That when we have prayed unto God and he feemeth not to heare us, we mutt not faint and give over, but ftedfaftly perfevere until! we have an anfwer. Thirdly, for the other places: Luke 21.36. and Luke 21.36. Ephef.6.18. it is not laid , y yñ , ory in every ß1ne, a6n1d 8 E baft d bur, 77.07/` x9upp, in every feat n., that is, upon every juft 157